Bengaluru: Hindu man travelling with Muslim woman attacked

The incident took place on Friday evening near the Dairy circle when the miscreants stopped their bike and started questioning the woman, who was wearing a burqa.

They assaulted the man, forced the woman to share her family members’ numbers and called them to abuse them.

The police said that the woman and the man are colleagues at a bank. As it was late on Friday evening, he was dropping her home.

The incident came to light only after a video was shared widely on social media. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Joshi Srinath Mahadev said: “After the video went viral, we registered a case in SG Palya police station and arrested two persons within 12 hours after the incident.”

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai tweeted: “In connection with the case of assault on a bike rider travelling along with a woman of different faith, @BlrCityPolice has acted swiftly, identified & secured 2 accused persons. A case is registered & legal action is initiated. My Govt. deals with such incidents with an iron hand.”