Pramesh S Jain
The Madiwala police have arrested manager Sarfaz and staff of a hotel after locals found the derogatory scroll on the display board against kannadigas.
Based on the complaint filed by pro kannada activists, the police on Friday night rushed to the hotel removed the scroll and detained the manager and staff of the hotel for questioning.
The owner of the hotel Jamshudh is from Kerala claimed that the person who made the advertisement display board hacked to create the derogatory content.
DCP Southeast,Sarah Fathima said the hotel’s duty manager is under arrest and the overseas proprietor has been listed as an accused.Five additional employees face interrogation.
Investigators learned that the LED board-installed by a Koramangala tech firm three years ago-began cycling odd messages after 8 May.
We have summoned the vendor to explain access protocols and audit the device’s log files to trace how the offensive text appeared.
The insult exploded on social-media site X early Saturday when users shared a video of the scrolling slur filmed the previous night.
Outrage followed swiftly; one netizen urged Bengaluru City Police to “act vigorously before worse follows,” while another warned that locals labelled “linguistic radicals” would merely be reacting to provocation.
Forensic teams are now combing electronic evidence; legal notices will reach everyone linked to the display’s operation.
Authorities on stress that vilifying the state’s native speakers threatens civic harmony and will invite strict prosecution the said hotel GS Suite has been seized by authorities and Further investigations are on.
