Bengaluru: Air Force officer booked for attempted murder after video shows him attacking biker

An Indian Air Force officer in Bengaluru was on Monday booked for attempt to murder after videos on social media showed him assaulting a biker following an altercation, The Times of India reported.

The biker, a call centre employee named Vikas Kumar, had been arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting the Air Force officer following a complaint by his wife.

On Monday, Shiladitya Bose, the officer, had uploaded a video on Instagram, in which he had alleged that he was attacked by the biker when he was travelling in a car with his wife. The video showed him bleeding from his forehead and neck.

After the video was widely shared on social media, several people alleged that this was an example of Kannada-speaking citizens in Bengaluru targeting those from other linguistic communities. Soon afterwards, the police took Kumar into custody.

While Bose is a wing commander with the Air Force, his wife Madhumita Dutta is a squadron leader, The Indian Express reported.

Bose alleged that on Monday morning, when his wife was driving him to the Bengaluru airport, the biker “came from behind and stopped in between” and began abusing him and his wife in Kannada. He alleged that the man attacked him with a key, leaving him bleeding.

“This is what Karnataka has become,” Bose said in the video....

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