Overview
- A bystander video from near the RT Nagar flyover beside a Shell petrol station shows a traffic officer arguing with a cab driver, trying to snatch his phone, and allegedly slapping him after a brief parking stop.
- The clip, roughly one minute and 30 seconds long, was posted on October 22 by the X account Karnataka Portfolio and has been widely shared.
- Bengaluru City Police responded on X by tagging the RT Nagar Traffic Police and the Deputy Commissioner of Police for Traffic North Division.
- No disciplinary step or investigation outcome has been publicly detailed in the coverage to date.
- Online reaction is divided between calls for strict action and defenses of enforcement, with many recalling a recent case in which a Bengaluru traffic cop seen slapping a commuter was suspended.