Kundapur; Oct 18: Suspecting that they were involved in illegal cattle transportation, a group of people attacked and injured two persons. The incident took place on Oct 17, Thursday near T.T.road at Kaipady.
The injured have been identified as Basheer,aged 20 and Bathish,aged 30,a resident of Kodi.Sources said that a buffalo belonging to owner Monu Saheb managed to escape from where he was tied and reached Kaipady after crossing a lake.
Noticing it, retied KEB lineman Narasimha Moghaveera tied the buffalo.
Searching for the buffalo,Monu Saheb came along with his two sons Batheesh and Basheer.When they were about to take back their buffalo, a group of people, thinking that they are illegally transporting buffalo attacked them.basheer was critically injured in the incident and sustained grave injuries.Both the sons were later admitted to government hospital.
A case has been registered at Kundapur police station.