Prof Pattabirama Somayaji  a professor, known for his left ideology-leanings and a critic of Hindu outfits, was today subjected to a cowdung attack by some unidentified persons in Mangalore.
Some unidentified persons splashed cow dung mixed with water on the head and body of Prof Pattabirama Somayaji of the Mangalore University College while he was coming out of a food stall in Pump Well area, police said. The immediate provocation for the attack was not known. However, a case has been registered, police said.
The incident comes close on the heels of the assault on a Professor of Jadavpur University, allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists, who objected to his circulating a cartoon critical of TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, trigerring public outcry.
Earlier, Mangalore had witnessed incidents of moral policing by suspected activists of right wing outfit Sri Rama Sene, triggering protests by locals.