Actor Harshika Poonacha narrated the painful experience in a post on social media

Actor Harshika Poonacha, who mainly appears in Kannada films, claims that she and her husband Bhuvann Ponnanaa were attacked by a group of men who also tried to rob them for speaking the local language of harassment.

In an Instagram post that included videos and photos of the alleged attacker, the actor asked: “How safe are we locals in Bengaluru? Do we live in Pakistan or Afghanistan?“

According to the actor, on April 2, she had dinner with her husband and family at Kalama Restaurant in Bangalore’s upscale Fraser Town neighborhood. As they left the restaurant and sat in their car, the actor said they were attacked by a group of people. man.

Recounting this painful experience, she wrote: “A few days ago, I went with my family to have dinner at a restaurant called ‘Karama’ on Puliksh Nagar Masjid Road near Fraser Town. After dinner, we We were leaving the valet. After driving away from our car, two men suddenly appeared near the driver’s side window and began arguing that our car was too big and that if we moved suddenly, we might hit them.

“My husband asked them to leave because they were talking about a possible incident and it didn’t make sense. We moved the car a little further away and then, the two men started abusing us with their language and even tried to hit my husband and said:” These local Kannadigas should be taught a lesson. “My husband was very patient and didn’t react much…” she wrote.

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She claimed that within minutes, about 30 men from the same gang gathered and tried to snatch her husband’s gold chain, but broke it when he resisted.

“…Two of them tore my husband’s gold chain and tried to pull it towards them…My husband realized in time and grabbed it and handed it to me. They Damaged the car and tried to physically abuse us saying things that we and others could not understand.

“My husband didn’t react much as we had women and family members in the car. Also, I noticed that they had a problem with us speaking in Kannada.”yeah local kannada what else (These are local Kannada people),” they said. They get more upset when my husband and I speak only in Kannada,” she claimed.

She quickly called inspectors she knew in the area, who “dispersed in an instant like nothing happened.” “We tried to look for them but they disappeared into thin air within seconds,” she added.

However, the actor received no help from local police, she claimed. “We spotted a police patrol car nearby and narrated the incident to Mr. Umesh, the assistant sub-inspector of the nearby police station, who didn’t seem keen to help us. He said we should talk to the department seniors without even politely saying Come find out what’s going on.”

Pointing out the officer’s blatant indifference, she said, “He wanted to drink study He was drinking juice in front of a restaurant two buildings ahead. “

However, the police said that they have not received any complaints regarding the case so far. “The incident took place on April 2. We contacted the concerned persons and asked them to lodge a complaint. They asked for more time. We are waiting,” they said.

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Ms Punacha said she did not report the incident to police because her family believed their safety was important.