Couple falls to Bengaluru auto driver’s feet after assaulting him in public

mangaloretoday.com

Bengaluru, June 02, 2025: A woman in Bengaluru was arrested for allegedly assaulting an auto-rickshaw driver. She claimed he had run over her foot, a charge denied by the auto driver. A viral video showed her repeatedly hitting him with a slipper.

The incident took place on Saturday when Pankhuri - who has now been released on station bail - was travelling on a two-wheeler with her husband. She claimed that Lokesh had run over her foot, a charge denied by the driver.

She attacked Lokesh when he began recording the incident during the argument.

"Banaega video? Chal bana video (Will you make a video? Go make a video)," she can be heard telling the driver in Hindi as she repeatedly thrashed him with her slipper.

She was then seen calling someone, saying that the driver is "misbehaving". "He first ran over my foot and is now recording a video," she said during the phone call.

Her husband was seen sitting on the two-wheeler during the dispute, recording the incident. Lokesh said he began recording as the woman was arguing in Hindi instead of the local language, Kannada.

After the incident, the couple were seen apologising to the auto driver and bowing at his feet.

"I apologise. I am pregnant. So, that is what I was thinking, what would happen if I had a miscarriage," she told the driver. Pankhuri, a resident of Bihar, also said she doesn’t have any hatred towards Kannada people.

"We love Bengaluru, we love the culture and we love the people," she said.