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Bangalore Auto Driver Issue: It occurred around 3 pm when Mishra, along with her husband, both riding a two-wheeler, allegedly brushed against Lokesh’s auto while merging lanes.
The incident is from outside the Centro Mall in Bellandur. (Photo Credit: X)
Bangalore Auto Driver Issue: It’s Bengaluru again! The IT hub of India always makes it to the headlines for the most strange, unique reasons. This time, for a road dispute between a woman and an auto driver, which took an ugly turn when the latter started hitting the motorist with a slipper in broad daylight. The dramatic episode, which was captured on camera outside Centro Mall in Bellandur, quickly went viral, gaining considerable attention and sparking debates.
In the clip shared on X, a 28-year-old woman, identified as Pankhuri Mishra, is seen repeatedly beating the driver with her slipper while he makes a video of the confrontation. Despite being attacked, the driver maintains calm and continues to record.
As it progresses, the woman is heard saying, “Yeh badtameezi kar rha hai, mera pair kuchla aur uske baad video bana raha hai (This guy is misbehaving, he crushed my leg and then he is making a video.)” Lokesh, on the other hand, said he began recording the incident because the woman was arguing in Hindi instead of the local language, Kannada.
As per reports, the incident occurred around 3 pm when Mishra, along with her husband, both riding a two-wheeler, allegedly brushed against Lokesh’s auto while merging lanes.
According to the Indian Express, Lokesh filed a police complaint after the event, accusing Mishra of unprovoked assault. Based on his accusation, Bellandur police filed an FIR against Mishra, who is from Bihar and currently lives in Bengaluru.
As things intensified, Mishra, along with her husband, issued a public apology. In a video shared on the internet, the couple is seen touching the driver’s feet and claiming she panicked because she is pregnant and felt uncomfortable when the auto approached their two-wheeler. She further added, “We love Bengaluru, we love the culture and we love the people.”
The clip went viral on social media, prompting several reactions. An X user commented, “Pregnancy doesn’t give you the right to be violent and beat others.” Another wrote, “Making a pregnant woman grovel and beg shows how much Kannada society has fallen and lost values.” One of them shared, “Most of the road rage happens because of such ego. One apology by the perpetrator at that moment can solve 90 per cent of road rage.”
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A comment read, “Under no context is getting violent justifiable. Just stop validating wrongs. It has become a practice now to first commit and grave mistake and then wiggle out of it by issuing an apology.”
Reportedly, several pro-Kannada groups staged protests against Mishra and her husband, demanding strict action against them.
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