A Delhi lady’s journey to Bengaluru turned ‘traumatic’ on Sunday after a house gaurd allegedly extorted ₹1,000 – for ‘sitting with out permission’ – whereas she and a buddy have been visiting the Kundanahalli Lake. Arsha Latif later tweeted: “Traumatic expertise throughout go to to BLR. Throughout afternoon on 29/1/23, my male buddy and I visited Kundanahalli Lake to sit down within the shade and benefit from the view. A cop began clicking our photos and began harassing us that we didn’t have ‘permission’ to sit down there whereas there have been clearly benches… for common public.”
Latif mentioned she and her buddy harassed and accused their harasser of ethical policing. “He began interrogating us about our jobs… hometown… objective of go to, and mentioned we needed to come to the police station with him… pay a nice on grounds of ‘sitting’ with out permission.”
“Once we requested what we had finished improper… he mentioned, ‘you aren’t allowed to sit down right here with out permission and it’s possible you’ll be smoking right here’. We instructed him we haven’t any cigarettes and (that) we have been simply sitting right here peacefully however he saved on interrogating us.”
Latif additionally alleged the person demanded ₹1,000 to ‘settle the matter with out going to the police station’. “In the end, he requested us to pay him off… ₹1,000 to allow us to go. Completely appalled by such behaviour. Why did we have now to place up with this ethical policing for actually doing nothing improper?” she requested.
Latif instructed Hindustan Instances, “As an individual from Delhi, I had no contact level in Bengaluru or knew the native language to speak. I wished to go to the police station and complain however I needed to catch a flight again to Delhi. After I mentioned we’re operating out of money, the cop made us pay by way of Paytm.”
Bengaluru police arrested an accused who allegedly extorted Latif on Sunday. The accused who’s recognized as Manjunath Reddy is a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) employee. “I’ve acquired an replace that the recognized individual Manjunath Reddy V has been arrested. He works for BBMP- Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike & was impersonating the police to extort cash,” mentioned Arsha Latif.
Earlier this month a person from Himachal Pradesh was additionally allegedly blackmailed and extorted by police in Bengaluru. Two cops have been later suspended by the police division.