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Bengaluru: Hindu man beaten for giving lift to Muslim lady colleague; 2 arrested

The miscreants had waylaid the bike near the Dairy Circle on Bannerghatta Road
Bengaluru: Hindu man beaten for giving lift to Muslim lady colleague; 2 arrested
Bengaluru: Hindu man beaten for giving lift to Muslim lady colleague; 2 arrested

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ ITDC NEWS In a case of moral policing, the Bengaluru City Police on Sunday arrested two persons for accosting a biker and his female colleague on Saturday evening when the duo was riding back home after work.

The miscreants had waylaid the bike near the Dairy Circle on Bannerghatta Road and objected to the burqa-clad woman traveling with a Hindu youth.

In video footage posted on social media, the accused can be seen hitting the biker, a bank employee, for offering to drop the woman home and warned him against riding with any Muslim woman. The accused demanded to know who the woman's family members were and forced her to part with her husband's phone number. They also called the husband to enquire whether he was aware of his wife getting dropped home on a colleague's bike and expressed their displeasure on finding that the woman's family was aware of it.

When the woman demanded to know what wrong she had committed, they told her she was free to go anywhere but without her burqa, as she would bring "disrepute" to the community.

The accused told the woman that they had given a clear message on social media on what was unacceptable behaviour several times, yet she had dared to ride with a man from a different community. The men later forced the lady to get off the bike and hailed an autorickshaw and sent her home.

After the video went viral on social media, the police identified the accused based on the phone number that was recorded in the phone belonging to the woman's husband (when the accused had called him to complain about his wife).

City police commissioner Kamal Pant tweeted, "Acting swiftly, @BlrCityPolice has identified and secured two accused persons for assault on a bike rider traveling along with a woman of a different faith. A case is registered and firm legal action is initiated."

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai tweeted saying his government would deal with such incidents with an iron hand. "In connection with the case of assault on a man travelling with a woman of different faith, @BlrCityPolice has acted swiftly, identified, secured 2 accused persons, registered case & legal action is initiated. My Govt deals with such incidents with an iron hand."

Pramod Mutalik, founder of Srirama Sene, condemned the incident and said, "It is systematic ploy to single out Hindus and spread animosity between communities. There are many Muslims running businesses even outside the temples under Hindu names too. They depend on Hindu customers to earn money. But they are opposed to a Hindu youth extending help to a Muslim woman."

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