Hassan: Two men, who came to the rescue of a girl being teased by a youth from Shravanabelagola, were attacked with a knife by the eve-teaser on Friday. But the locals caught him and gave him a thrashing before handing him over to the police.
Naveen alias Battery of Jinnananthapura in Shravanabelagola allegedly often teased the girl from Kotanaghatta. Seeing her near the KSRTC bus depot on Friday, he once again began to harass her.
But he had not reckoned with the presence of the girl's relatives, Dilip and Anand, who had followed her to the bus depot for her safety and saw Naveen harass her. When they began to question him, Naveen fled from the spot and ran inside an ATM for safety.
But Dilip and Anand gave chase and followed him into it. Cornered, Naveen pulled out a knife and stabbed Dilip on his back and Anand on his fingers before fleeing from the spot.
But he was caught by the people around Masjid Road, who proceeded to thrash him black and blue before handing him over to the police.
As news of the attack spread, people of Kotanaghatta tried to storm the Shravanabelagola hospital where the injured men were being treated, but were prevented by the police.
Responding to the upset villagers, who blamed lack of action by the police for eve-teasing going unchecked in the town, Hassan Superintendent of Police, Rahul Kumar visited the spot and assured the people he would take suitable action to curb eve-teasing in their village.
