Pramesh S Jain
The complainant said the police were alerted immediately.The seven alleged attackers reportedly attempted to flee after learning that the police had been called,but local residents intercepted them and stopped them from leaving.
The complaint stated that police personnel had reached the spot and were conducting an investigation.
Imtiyaz has sought urgent intervention by the Home Minister and the Police Commissioner,requesting action against Dr Nagendra and the other six alleged assailants and measures to ensure the safety of the affected families.
In a complaint addressed to the Home Minister and the Police Commissioner,Syed Imtiyaz,a migrant labourer and resident of Hulimangala,alleged that Dr.Nagendra and six others arrived in two cars between 4 pm. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday and entered the premises, demanding identity proofs and other documents.
The complaint also alleges that the group demanded between Rs.5 lakh and Rs.6 lakh.
According to the complainant,the residents cooperated and produced the requested documents,but the group allegedly assaulted women and four young men, accusing them of being illegal immigrants,leaving them injured and traumatised
Dr Nagendra had allegedly been booked earlier in a similar case in Whitefield involving the assault of migrant workers on suspicion that they were illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile Hindutva outfit leader alleges attack by 100 people in Shikaripalya
A Bengaluru district president of the Hindu organisation Rashtriya Rakshana Pade has alleged that he and his associates were attacked by a group of around 100 people in Shikaripalya village on the outskirts of Bengaluru on October 28.
According to the complaint filed by Dr.Nagendrappa T, 39,at a hospital,an unidentified person called him around 10 am on Wednesday and claimed that Bangladeshi nationals were residing in Shikaripalya,asking him to visit the area.
Dr Nagendrappa said he went to the locality around 4.30 pm with his associates Amit,Pavan and Santosh Karthal.
When they reached a settlement referred to as the “Bangla shed”,some workers allegedly confronted them, questioning why they were troubling them by calling them Bangladeshis.
The complainant alleged that the workers threw glass pieces and stones at them,forcing them to flee.
However,around 100 unidentified people allegedly chased them, knocked them to the ground and assaulted them with their feet on the head, legs,chest and back.
