Another incident of language row has been reported from Karnataka, where a ticket examiner (TTE) allegedly assaulted a Muslim passenger after the latter requested the former to speak in Kannada.
The incident occurred on April 24 on the Mysuru-Hubballi Hampi Express. Mahmad Basha Attar, a resident of Bhagyanagar in Koppal district, was travelling from Mysuru to Koppal on Thursday in the S-3 coach.
When the ticket examiner came to check his ticket, Basha requested that he speak in Kannada, for which the latter stated he did not know the language. “I started recording the conversation. Suddenly, the TTE slapped me and threw my phone away,” Basha was quoted by the Times of India.
The incident escalated, prompting the ticket collector’s senior, Dixit, to intervene. “Though the senior official tried to restore peace, the TTE was not ready to listen and kept saying he would only speak in Hindi. He even threatened to file a case against me, citing that I had interrupted him from performing his duties,” Basha said.
Basha filed a grievance at the station manager’s office in Koppal the following day.
Earlier in the week, an Air Force officer claimed he was assaulted by a local biker while on his way to Bengaluru airport. The defence personnel alleged that he and his wife were abused in Kannada and attacked. However, his claims were later proved to be wrong when CCTV footages show the officer raining punches on the biker. An FIR was lodged against the officer.
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