Mangaluru, Mar 15: A group of hate-mongers belonging to Sangh Parivar pelted stones at a bus and local residents after forcing a degree college at a village in Mangaluru taluk to cancel its scheduled educational tour citing the presence of Muslim boys in the bus.

The students and lecturers of Government First Grade College, Mudipu, on the outskirts of the city, were in for a rude shock on Saturday evening as a gang owning allegiance to Hindutva outfits waylaid their bus and warned against continuing their journey together.

The students had embarked on an educational trip to Bengaluru and Mysuru along with their lecturers. The main reason for the objection of miscreants for the tour was the presence of Hindu girls and Muslim boys in the same bus.

According to sources, a total of 42 passengers were on board the bus including 24 boys, 14 girls and four lecturers. The miscreants used abusive words against the students belonging to minority community and threatened them of dire consequences if they took part in the tour.

The helpless staff of the college decided to cancel the tour immediately and sent all the female students back to their homes along with their guardians. A few male students were accommodated in the college building.

Meanwhile, the group of Sangh Parivar miscreants ran amok raising provocative slogans and threatening to attack Muslim boys.

When the bus which had been hired for the trip was returning from the college, the same group pelted stones at it. A few local residents and police personnel who rushed to the spot were also pelted with stones, sources said. The miscreants also attacked a Masjid.

The police resorted to mild baton charge to disperse the mob and bring the situation under control. Police has beefed up security in Mudipu and surrounding area after the incident.

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