Cleanliness staff of Sauthadka shrine assaulted by pilgrims

Mangalore Today News Network

Belthangady, November 22, 2024: A cleanliness employee of the Kokkada Sri Kshetra Sauthadka was assaulted by a few pilgrims on November 20.

The victim Mahendra Kollajepalike who has sustained serious head injuries and had collapsed due to the attack was rushed to the local hospital and then shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru.

It is learnt, Mahendra was cleaning the toilet using his mobile torch when some pilgrims from Bengaluru who were in the toilet complex suspected that he was videographing them. Over 20 of them all of a sudden attacked Mahendra on suspicion.

The Temple Administrative Officer K V Srinivas has lodged a complaint at Dharmasthala police station.