Kannada Actor and Husband Assaulted in Bengaluru, Raises Safety Concerns

Kannada Actor Harshika Poonacha Recounts Harrowing Assault in Bengaluru
Kannada Actor and Husband Assaulted in Bengaluru, Raises Safety Concerns
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Actors, Husband Attacked By Mob In Bengaluru, 'Are We In Pak Or In Afghanistan?' Actor Harshika Poonacha recited the harrowing experience on posts on social media .Actor Harshika Poonacha, who works substantially in Kannada pictures, claimed she and her hubby Bhuvann Ponnannaa were wearied for speaking in the local language by a group of men who also tried to burglarize them. In an Instagram post with videos and pictures of the contended bushwhackers, the actor asked, "How safe are we locals in our Bangalore? Are we living in Pakistan or in Afghanistan?"

According to the actor, she had stepped out to have regale with her hubby and family at the Karama Restaurant near Bangalore's upscale Fraser Town on April 2. As they left the eatery and sat in their car, the actor said they were attacked by a group of men. Chronicling the harrowing experience, she wrote," A couple of days ago, I went to have regale with my family at a eatery called" Karama" on Masjid Road in Pulikeshi Nagar near Fraser Town area.

After regale, we were leaving the valet parking after taking our car, when two men suddenly appeared near the driver- side window and started arguing that our vehicle was so big that if it suddenly moved it might touch them. " My hubby asked them to leave because they were talking about a possible incident and it did not make sense. We moved the vehicle a little further and by also, these two men started abusing us in their language and indeed tried to hit my hubby in the face and said, 'These local Kannadigas should be taught a lesson.'

"She wrote, My hubby was veritably patient and did not reply as quick." Within short periods, she contended, around 30 men from the same gang gathered and tried to catch her hubby's gold chain and broke it as her hubby defied the swiping. ". Two of them tore my hubby's gold chain and tried to pull it towards them. My hubby realised just in time and held on to it and gave it to me. They damaged the auto and tried to physically abuse us by saying effects that neither we nor the others could understand. " My hubby didn't reply important since there were women and family in our auto. Also, what I noticed was that they had a problem with us speaking in Kannada.' Yeh original Kannada wala hai( these are original Kannada people),' they said. It agitated them more when my hubby and I spoke in Kannada only," she claimed. She soon made a call to the inspector they knew from the area and the men" dispersed in a bit of a alternate like nothing had happed"." We tried looking for them but they had faded into thin air in a matter of seconds," she added.

Still, the actor got no help from the original police, she claimed." We set up a petroling police vehicle recited the incident to Mr Umesh, the Assistant Sub-Inspector, from the near police station, he didn't feel keen to help us. He said we should talk to the seniorsof the department and didn't indeed have the courtesy to come and find out what happed." Flagging the police functionary's blatant apathy, she said," He wanted to drink the moosambi juice that he was drinking in front of a eatery just two structures ahead." hear to the rearmost songs, only onJioSaavn.com The police, still, said they've not entered any complaint in the case yet." The incident happed on April 2. We communicated the concerned and asked them to file a complaint. They've asked for further time. We're staying," they said. Ms Poonacha said she did not file a police complaint since her family allowed their safety was important.

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