Guwahati, June 17: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called upon his Karnataka counterpart to ensure justice for a food delivery agent who was attacked by residents and security guards of an apartment in Bengaluru.
The assault was prompted by a false complaint made by an eight-year-old girl, who alleged that the delivery agent had dragged her to the terrace. However, CCTV footage obtained from a nearby camera revealed that the girl had gone to the terrace alone to play.
Expressing concern over the “acute harassment & trauma” faced by the delivery agent due to fabricated charges, Sarma took to Twitter to request the Chief Minister of Karnataka to provide necessary protection and deliver justice to the individual involved.
The acute harassment & trauma being faced by a delivery agent from Assam over fake charges, is extremely disturbing.
I request the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka to kindly ensure that adequate protection and justice is delivered to the said individual.@CMofKarnataka pic.twitter.com/ROgKvxS77R
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 16, 2023
The incident took place on June 12 when a couple discovered their daughter was missing from their flat after seeing off their five-year-old son to school. After approximately 30 minutes of searching, a neighbor spotted the girl on the terrace. When questioned about her presence there, the eight-year-old falsely claimed that a food delivery agent had forcibly taken her to the terrace.
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The security guards at the apartment’s main entrance were alerted and instructed not to allow any delivery agent to leave. Once the girl identified the delivery agent, the residents, and guards physically assaulted him and confined him to a security personnel room.
As other delivery agents protested near the main gate, a police patrol vehicle arrived at the scene.
Although the police collected CCTV footage from the seventh floor of the apartment where the girl lived, no cameras were installed to cover the steps leading to the terrace.
However, they later discovered a CCTV camera in a nearby paying guest accommodation that captured the girl going to the terrace alone and playing there for some time. The girl eventually admitted to fabricating the complaint, stating that she was afraid her parents would punish her for playing during study hours.
The delivery agent, citing financial constraints and the need to return permanently to his home state of Assam, declined to file a counter-complaint, expressing his inability to regularly travel to Bengaluru for legal procedures and court trials.
