KOLHAPUR: A group of people, including women, attending a congregational prayer at Kowad in Chandgad taluka was attacked by 10-15 unidentified men, leaving 12 injured on Sunday afternoon.According to police, the victims were holding the Sunday mass in a rented room in the village, about 100km from here, when they were attacked by the gang with hockey sticks, bottles, stones and choppers.The attackers, attacked some more people in Talguli and Dindalkop villages while fleeing towards Belagavi, said police. The attackers had covered their faces to avoid being identified. Kolhapur superintendent of police Abhinav Deshmukh told TOI that there is a possibility that the attack was orchestrated by right-wing activists. “We are looking at all the angles and the investigation is under way accordingly.”When contacted, Shriniwas Ghadge, additional SP of Gadhinglaj , said, “The modus operandi is being studied and the CCTV cameras are being checked. We have formed four teams, which are on the trail of the attackers. So far, there has been no arrest.”Another police officer from Chandgad said that four people with head injuries were were admitted to a private hospital in Belgavi while those with minor injuries were treated in a local hospital and released .The officer said that a case has been registered against the men under IPC sections 143 (punishment), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint).Police have also charged the attackers under IPC sections 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class), 307 (attempt to murder), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), added the officer.