Story time: Bengaluru nights
This happened to my ex flatmate in 2019. He's a Chinese Indian guy from Kolkata (relevant), was working an entry level job at a FAANG company going home after a night shift on his bike. Drunk local on a bike starts swerving around in front of him, he tries to overtake but is forced to stop because the guy blocked his way and braked hard. This happened near Marathahalli. Drunk guy comes up to him and starts blabbering dumb shit, accusing him of stealing his phone followed by racist comments. Then proceeds to call the cops from his phone which was actually in his own pocket (make of that what you will). Cops take them both to the station. Drunk guy cooks up some story in Kannada and leaves. Cops start grilling my flatmate, more racist comments, threaten to go check his room (our flat) and start bullying him. Said he kind of looked like one of the wanted posters they had. He knew basic kannada so he had an idea of what racist stuff the cops were saying about him that they thought he didn't understand. He was messaging me updates in the brief moments that he had his phone with him, which was confiscated by cops for the most part. Eventually they let him go because there was literally no crime and no proof. Tl;dr - He had to spend 6+ hours in the station because of one drunk asshole and racist cops who just liked to give non-locals a hard time for no good reason.
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Locals are wreaking havoc in Bengaluru
It's madness what's happening in this city. I was once, myself, attacked by a mob after a guy ran his bike into my car and then threw a huge rock at me because I called him crazy. 20-odd people not only beat me up, but also beat my dad up and harassed my mom. And guess what? The Bengaluru police refused to file a case stating if my aadhar doesn't have my local address updated on it, they can't take the FIR. I really hope this city is left by companies soon and these service/gig workers get a taste of how their lives would be without the migrant population of the city.
The founder urged others to avoid confrontations with strangers, emphasizing that "some people have zero regard for human life or laws."
https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/india-is-not-a-safe-country-at-all-bengaluru-startup-founder-shocked-by-how-road-rage-can-turn-deadly-in-country-442907-2024-08-25
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Bengaluru is Not Safe sometimes :(
I had a terrible experience last week Friday and want everyone in Bengaluru to be safe. I was assaulted. Incident 1: I went to drop a colleague after an office event and was returning away to my place. It was around 1-1:30 am. It was a single road and i was ascending an up and i saw a tempo-traveler coming the same way not stopping. The tempo didn't stop and immediately i took the reverse gair and started coming back and i heard a sound that tempo hit my car. I stopped and rolled down my window to see i there was a damage, as i couldn't see i got out of the car and asked the tempo driver if it hit my car (in my local language - telugu) i saw him coming down with unusual body language (could see he was drunk) and i said "nothing" (again in my local language) and got into the car. A second man got down and the tempo started hitting me through the window, followed by the first man punching me in the nose, breaking it. They banged on the car like anything and broke the right mirror. i bled and I got half conscious. Two more men from tempo joined in, assaulting me. I managed to roll up my window and drive home, bleeding and half-conscious. With blood all over my clothes, car and accessories i couldn't sleep as i could breathe with a broken nose. Incident 2: The same morning, to report the incident, I returned to the spot with my brother to identify the tempo. A local man offered help, suggesting my brother take photos of the tempos for identification. Suddenly, two women started abusing us, and a man attacked my brother, accusing him of taking pictures. The man threatened us against involving the police threatening he would see the end of us. I've lived in Bengaluru for 5 years and have seen many such instances recently. Recently, the crime rate has increased significantly. Please be safe and careful while driving at night. This can happen to anyone PS: This is something I found on LinkedIn today.
#Bengaluru is Not Safe anymore :( I had a terrible experience last week Friday and want everyone in Bengaluru to be safe. I was assaulted....
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vamsi-allu-a47960140_bengaluru-bengaluruisnotsafeanymore-assault-activity-7200786496889495552-qlu2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android