Bengaluru: Three local residents in East Bengaluru have been detained by Hennur police for allegedly assaulting an African student over a petty issue on Thursday.
Pisse Hotto, an African student, stopped near a shop in Hennur to buy some cigarettes. But he was told that there was no stock of cigarettes.
Just as he was leaving the shop, he noticed that the shop owner was giving away cigarettes to a group of locals who came by just then.
Noticing the discrimination, he questioned the shop owner. The local residents tried to defend the shop owner and heated arguments ensued. Quickly, the quarrel escalated into a full-blown tussle between ‘foreigners’ and ‘local residents.’
Pisse claimed that he tried to run away and get into a wine shop to escape from his attackers. But he was chased away. He later ran up the stairs of a building, but he was thrown out by the residents. He finally managed to take shelter in a house, where a woman stopped the mob from running after him, said Bosco, a member of the African Students Association in Bengaluru.
“The mob tried to threaten the woman as well, but she stood her ground and said she would call the police,” said Bosco. Pisse, who had sustained injuries, fell unconscious and was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Pisse’s girlfriend Marian, registered a case of assault at Kothanur police station in this regard.
