The decision centre worker arrested for allegedly attacking an Indian Air Power wing commander in a case of highway rage in Bengaluru filed a counter criticism in opposition to the IAF officer Tuesday, accusing him of attempting to kill him.
Vikas Kumar, 27, was arrested by the Byappanahalli police Monday night after a video posted by Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose on social media went viral, and based mostly on the criticism of assault filed by the spouse of the IAF officer, Squadron Chief Madhumita Dutta.
“A counter criticism of assault has been filed by Vikas Kumar, and an FIR has been registered in opposition to the individuals involved,” a police supply stated Tuesday.
The First Info Report was filed underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 109 and 115 associated to try to homicide and assault, respectively, stated the police.
The FIR acknowledged, “The complainant, Mr Vikas Kumar, was going to his home to return his good friend’s bike on 21/04/2025 at about 0620 AM when a maroon color Maruti Suzuki Ertiga automobile quantity HR 51 BA 8568 touched the two-wheeler pushed by the complainant”.
“When the complainant requested the particular person within the stated automobile whether or not he had touched his bike, the one who was sitting within the automobile obtained down, pushed the complainant’s bike and the complainant down, and stored hitting the complainant, saying that ‘I’m within the Air Power, don’t play with me’. Whereas the complainant picked up the cellphone to name his good friend, the opposite particular person bit the complainant’s hand, snatched the cell phone, and smashed his bike. He then grabbed the complainant’s neck from behind with the intention of killing the complainant and tried to kill him. The complainant has stated that acceptable authorized motion ought to be taken in opposition to the motive force of the stated automobile,” it added.
The counter criticism was registered at the same time as pro-Kannada teams in Bengaluru threatened to stage a protest over the assault on Kumar and his arrest, regardless of CCTV footage displaying that the decision centre employee was principally on the receiving finish of the assault.
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Karnataka Dwelling Minister G Parameshwara additionally stated the counter criticism had been filed, and the police have been conducting investigations to find the IAF officer who had travelled to Kolkata Monday.
Wing Commander Bose claimed within the now-viral video {that a} bike rider who was concerned in a minor incident with a automobile pushed by his spouse had assaulted him after an argument by which the rider claimed that he was an area Kannada talking particular person and the IAF officer — employed with the DRDO — and Squadron Chief Dutta have been outsiders.
Based mostly on the social media video posted by the IAF officer, the Bengaluru police tracked down these concerned within the incident, together with the bike rider who was later recognized as Kumar.
Nevertheless, CCTV footage of the incident from cameras of personal institutions on the web site of the road brawl confirmed that the decision centre worker was thrashed by an enraged particular person recognized because the IAF officer who posted the social media video.
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In line with the police criticism filed by Squadron Chief Dutta, Wing Commander Bose needed to go to Kolkata since his father was present process an operation, and she or he was dropping him to an area bus cease to assist him catch a bus to the airport early Monday when the incident befell.
D Devaraj, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru East, stated Monday night that an individual had been recognized because the attacker, and was arrested.
“After they began preventing on the highway, the locals got here and tried to separate them. We now have many movies of the incident shot by bystanders and CCTV footage. One particular person recognized as Vikas Kumar, who works in a name centre, has been arrested. He has narrated his model of occasions. He has been arrested based mostly on the FIR by the IAF officer,” stated Devaraj.