BENGALURU: In a twist to Monday's road-rage episode that snowballed into a language controversy, Bengaluru police registered an FIR against IAF Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose on Tuesday, charging him with attempt to murder and provoking breach of peace. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, meanwhile, condemned the episode & took strong objection to Bose's unwarranted and derogatory remarks about Karnataka and Kannadigas.
BPO employee Vikas Kumar, the biker involved in a fistfight with Bose while the latter's wife Madhumita Dutta was driving him to a bus stop on Old Madras Road, was arrested late Monday based on Dutta's complaint alleging that she and her husband were abused in Kannada before being assaulted.
On being released on bail Tuesday afternoon, Kumar uploaded a video on social media stating the allegations against him were false. "He (Wing Commander) attacked me and has given a false complaint against me, citing language. Working in Bengaluru, I speak five different languages. What he has said is untrue. I'm on the verge of losing my job because of this," Kumar said. Kumar filed a counter-complaint later in the day, based on which Bose was booked for attempted murder and other charges.
Describing Bose's statement as "deeply disrespectful and inflammatory", CM Siddaramaiah stated: "Kannadigas are proud of their mother tongue, but they are not parochial or intolerant. It is not in our culture to attack or abuse others over linguistic matters. Karnataka has a long and proud tradition of embracing people from across country, treating them with respect and accepting them as one of our own. The inclusive spirit of this land is well documented in history. It is deeply regrettable that certain national media outlets, neglecting their responsibility and professional ethics, have amplified a baseless accusation by one individual, thereby casting aspersions on the dignity of the entire state..."
BPO employee Vikas Kumar, the biker involved in a fistfight with Bose while the latter's wife Madhumita Dutta was driving him to a bus stop on Old Madras Road, was arrested late Monday based on Dutta's complaint alleging that she and her husband were abused in Kannada before being assaulted.
On being released on bail Tuesday afternoon, Kumar uploaded a video on social media stating the allegations against him were false. "He (Wing Commander) attacked me and has given a false complaint against me, citing language. Working in Bengaluru, I speak five different languages. What he has said is untrue. I'm on the verge of losing my job because of this," Kumar said. Kumar filed a counter-complaint later in the day, based on which Bose was booked for attempted murder and other charges.
Describing Bose's statement as "deeply disrespectful and inflammatory", CM Siddaramaiah stated: "Kannadigas are proud of their mother tongue, but they are not parochial or intolerant. It is not in our culture to attack or abuse others over linguistic matters. Karnataka has a long and proud tradition of embracing people from across country, treating them with respect and accepting them as one of our own. The inclusive spirit of this land is well documented in history. It is deeply regrettable that certain national media outlets, neglecting their responsibility and professional ethics, have amplified a baseless accusation by one individual, thereby casting aspersions on the dignity of the entire state..."
You may also like
'Ran for our lives, didn't look back': Maharashtra family recounts terror in Pahalgam attack in J&K
J-K: Search Operations underway following Pahalgam Terror attack
"The perpetrators of this heinous terror attack must not go unpunished",: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
Agartala : 1.42 lakh girl students received self-defence training: CM Manik Saha
New Jersey wildfire: Residents evacuated as huge blaze tears through community 'like a war zone'
