Hyderabad, May 28 -- A Muslim man, who was a mosque secretary, was murdered while his colleague was gravely injured in Karnataka's coastal district of Mangaluru.

The incident reportedly took place when the deceased, Raheem, along with his coworker, was unloading sand in Irakodi, Bantwal.

Police said that Raheem and the other person were attacked by unidentified men who came on a bike. While Rahem died on the spot, the other person was critically injured and is undergoing treatment.

The Bantwal Rural Police have registered a case and begun an investigation.

Meanwhile, anger spread among the Muslim community who surrounded the house of prominent leaders, including the president of the Dakshina Kannada District Waqf Advisory Committee, N...