The Bengaluru police have registered a case against a 28-year-old woman from Bihar named Pankhuri Mishra. She is accused of hitting an auto-rickshaw driver.
The incident happened on Saturday around 3 pm near Centro Mall in Bellandur. According to reports, Mishra hit the driver with slippers. A video of the incident shows her hitting the driver while he was recording her.
The auto-rickshaw driver, Lokesh, 33, complained to the police after the video went viral. He said that Mishra and her husband were riding a two-wheeler and accidentally brushed against his auto-rickshaw. When he told her about it, Mishra started hitting him.
On Sunday, Mishra went to the Bellandur police station for questioning. She said she hit Lokesh because he did not behave properly with her. The police have recorded her statement and said they will call her again.
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After this, some pro-Kannada activists protested outside the Bellandur police station, asking the police to take strict action against Mishra.
