In a Twitter thread, a man named Karthik Patri Bengaluru Couple’s narrated his ordeal, and requested the Bengaluru City Commissioner of Police for help.
A couple in Karnataka’s Bengaluru was on Thursday midnight allegedly harassed by policemen who forced them to pay through payment app PayTm for ‘breaking the law’ by walking on the street near their home after 11 pm, which they said wasn’t allowed
In a Twitter thread : Bengaluru Couple’s Said
He said they were a few meters away from their entrance gate when a patrol van stopped near them, and two men in police uniforms demanded they show their ID cards.
The policemen were in a Pink Hoysala van — complaints received through the Suraksha panic app and police control room number 112 are expected to get an immediate response from Pink Hoysala.
The Bengaluru couple’s showed pictures of their Aadhaar cards to the police, after which they confiscated their phones and quizzed them on personal details
One of the policemen told them they are not allowed to “roam on the road” after 11 pm. Though unconvinced that there was such a rule, the couple decided not to escalate the situation as it was late in the night and their phones had been seized, Karthik Patri said
The couple apologised for being unaware of such a rule, but the police refused to let them go, and demanded ₹ 3,000 as penalty, Mr Patri claimed
The police took note of the incident and appealed to the people to approach them if they have faced similar instances.
Anoop A Shetty, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North East Division, Bengaluru City, responded to the Twitter thread, thanking Mr Patri for bringing it to their notice, and assured him of stern action.
“They will be identified and stern action will be taken against them,” he said.
