More than three months after two unidentified men hurled a Molotov cocktail at a mosque near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district, the police are yet to make any breakthrough in the investigation.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Madukkarai police, two men aged in their 30s came on a two-wheeler and one of them threw a Molotov cocktail at a mosque at Annai Nagar in Arisipalayam at around 10.45 pm on 12 February. this year. Only a watchman was on duty at the mosque when the attack took place. Though watchman Thangavelu chased the two men, they fled on a two-wheeler.
A complaint lodged by Kizhar Mohammed of Annai Nagar states that a mosque was constructed in the area in 2012 for Muslim residents.
Police registered an FIR against two unidentified people under section 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance, with intent to cause hurt amounting to one hundred or more). [in case of agricultural produce] ten rupees) of the Indian Penal Code.
A police officer said the investigation into the incident is on and police are yet to trace the attackers.
Man arrested for attack on TNSTC bus
Following the nationwide arrest of Popular Front of India leaders by the National Investigation Agency, on September 22 last year, the Ukkadam police of Coimbatore city arrested a man for allegedly throwing stones at a TNSTC bus. The arrested person has been identified as Rahmatullah Harsath (32), a resident of Super Garden, South Ukkadam.
According to the police, Harshath of Ambu Nagar in South Ukkadam and S. On September 22, Shahjahan (41) pelted stones at a TNSTC bus plying on the Gandhipuram-Narsipuram route (No. 21A) when it reached near the parking area of Ganapathy Silks. The rear window of the bus was damaged in the attack. Shah Jahan was arrested by the police a week after the attack.