March 24
A 24-year-old Kashmiri student was assaulted by a group of youth in AECS Layout near HAL in southeast Bengaluru on March 20, Deccan Herald reported.
The victim, identified as Absar Zahoor Dhar who does modelling to fund his studies, said he had no idea why he was assaulted. The police, however, said the attack had nothing to do with the Pulwama incident or any outsider animosity.
Absar Zahoor Dhar, who is from Srinagar in Kashmir ha failed a complaint with the Bangalore Police in the HAL police, who upon his complaint have arrested the four accused persons, identified as Nithin (25), Manjesh (21), Gautham (26), and Abhi alias Santhosh (20), alias Santhosh (20), all residents of Kundalahalli Colony.
Dhar, a civil engineering student at the CMRIT College, on the evening of March, was having coffee at Madouk Cafe, when a group of four to five people, approached Dhar and accused him of eve-teasing.
Dhar politely refuted the allegation, following which Nithin and his associates warned him and left the cafe. The next day, when Dhar was at an ice-cream parlour in AECS Layout, the accused, armed with iron rods, dragged him out of the shop and began assaulting him without any provocation.
He suffered grievous injuries to his hand, head and face.
This time, the accused said he was riding his bike rashly. “My friends rushed to my help or else they could have killed me,” Dhar told DH.
Dhar, who sustained injuries to his hand, head and face, was rushed to a nearby hospital by his friends.
Dhar said he continues to live in fear, not even attending his classes, as all the four accused have obtained bail.
“I am living in fear and not attending college as the assailants roam free in front of my house as if nothing has happened,” said Dhar.