Overview

• Police identified the accused as shop owner Umed Ram, 44, and employee Mahendra Seervi, 25, who were booked under BNS provisions including assault and outraging the modesty of a woman and remanded to judicial custody.
• The woman, identified as Hampamma, 55, from Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested on a separate theft case after an FIR alleged she stole a bundle of 61 sarees valued at about Rs 91,500.
• CCTV and bystander videos captured the men dragging, slapping and kicking the woman on Avenue Road in Chickpet, with the clips circulating widely on social media.
• Police said some of the sarees were recovered and seized as evidence, with both the assault and theft investigations continuing.
• Officials acknowledged that the woman was initially arrested on theft charges before action was taken against the assailants, following protests by pro-Kannada activists and wider public pressure.