New Delhi: Kannada actor Harshika Poonacha and her husband have been allegedly harassed for talking of their native language by a gaggle of assailants who additionally tried to rob them. The actor additional shared her ‘horrifying’ story on Instagram; she posted the movies and photographs of the incident and wrote, “How safe are we locals in our Bangalore? Are we living in Pakistan or Afghanistan?”
She added that on April 2, she had gone to the Karama Restaurant, which is near Fraser Town in Bangalore, together with her husband and household. She claimed that once they exited the restaurant, some males attacked them.
“A few days in the past, I went to have dinner with my household at a restaurant referred to as Karama on Masjid Road in Pulikeshi Nagar, close to Fraser Town. “After completing dinner, we received our vehicle from parking, and when we were about to move, two men suddenly appeared near the driver’s seat window and started arguing that the vehicle is very big and if moved suddenly, it could touch them,” Poonacha wrote on Instagram.
According to the actor, regardless of her husband asking them to go away as these two males have been speaking about the potential for a future occasion, males began abusing of their language and stated, ‘These native Kannadigas ought to be taught a lesson.’ Poonacha claimed within the Instagram put up that her husband was very affected person all through.
The actor then alleges that 20–30 different males from the identical gang gathered round and amongst these males, two tried to rob the couple.
“Two of them grabbed my husband’s gold chain and snatched it so hard that it came off, after which they tried pulling it towards them in a very skilled manner… My husband realised it on time, quickly held on to it, and gave it to me,” the actor stated.
She additional accused that once they realised that that they had failed of their try and loot us, they began damaging their automotive. “Trying to physically abuse us by saying made-up things like we scolded them, that did not even make sense to us or anybody around. My husband did not react because there were women and family in our vehicle,” Poonacha claimed.
She talked about making a telephone name to an inspector she was acquainted with within the space and recounted how the lads rapidly dispersed as if nothing had occurred. “We attempted to locate them, but they vanished within moments,” she defined.
The actor additionally asserted that they obtained no help from the native police.