Bengaluru Man Arrested Under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for Abusive Call on Kannada Speakers
His arrest follows a demand for action by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike based on a delivery executive’s audio recording of his derogatory remarks.
Overview
- On July 17, delivery partner Ranjith Mathew called to confirm a T-shirt order and Mithun Sarkar allegedly used abusive language targeting Kannada speakers.
- Sarkar, a 32-year-old Tripura native living in Bengaluru for a decade and employed at a massage therapy center, reportedly mocked locals over economic dependence and ridiculed their staple dish ‘mudde’.
- Bommanahalli police registered an FIR under sections 196(1)(a) for promoting enmity and 352 for intentional insult after the audio was submitted to Karnataka Rakshana Vedike.
- Police arrested Sarkar late on July 18 and he remains in custody facing hate-speech and insult charges under the new law.
- Investigators are verifying his claim that he was under the influence of alcohol when he made the remarks.