Mangalore: Two Muslim youths, one from Malappuram and the other from Uppinangady, were taken into custody today in early hours of vandalizing the Chembugudde mosque in Ullal here. Ullal Police SI Manjunath confirmed that they were caught red-handed while pelting stones by members of the Mosque management committee.
The SI thought both the youths were of unsound mind. They had damaged doors and windows besides causing minor damages to the building of the mosque.
The youths told the police that they were not allowed to sleep inside the mosque. The police averted a piquant situation by arriving fast. The miscreants were caught even before crowds could gather at the mosque in a tense way.
Police denied that a certain Union was behind the stone pelting exercise.