‘Local Kannadigas should be taught a lesson’: Actor says mob attacked her and her husband in Bengaluru

Kannada actor Harshika Poonacha on Saturday filed a police complaint against a group of people alleging she and her husband Bhuvan were attacked after an argument in the parking lot of a hotel in Fraser Town, Bengaluru on April 2 night.

"Two men started a fight saying our car is big and it could hit their vehicle when we take it out of the parking lot," Poonacha and Bhuvan have stated in their complaint submitted to Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) Raman Gupta.

"When we said in Kannada that we haven't started the vehicle yet, they termed us 'local Kannadigas' and said we should be taught a lesson. Soon, a group gathered and they tried to snatch my husband's gold chain. In the melee, they also managed to damage our car," Poonacha stated in her complaint.


On Friday, Poonacha took to social media, explaining the ordeal she and her husband faced. The actress also shared a video of the incident and questioned how safe residents are in Bengaluru.

The couple said well-wishers advised them to file a police complaint. "We have no political agenda or any other motive. We are concerned about safety of local Kannadigas here," they told media.

(With TOI inputs)