BENGALURU: One person was arrested on Thursday after a group of four men thrashed a staffer at the Namma Filter Coffee cafe in Seshadripuram on Wednesday evening. The police are on the lookout for the other accused.
Around 6.50 pm on Wednesday, four men, who had gone to the cafe, thrashed a staffer after he refused to give them an extra coffee cup. The men abused the staffer in foul language, thrashed and kicked him after he said it was against their policy to hand out extra coffee cups.
ಒಂದು ಎಕ್ಸ್ಟ್ರಾ ಕಪ್ ಕೇಳಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಗಲಾಟೆ?
ಶೇಷಾದ್ರಿಪುರದ ʼನಮ್ಮ ಫಿಲ್ಟರ್ ಕಾಫಿʼನಲ್ಲಿ ಜುಲೈ 2ರ ಸಂಜೆ 6.50ಕ್ಕೆ ನಡೆದ ಘಟನೆ. ಒಂದು ಎಕ್ಸ್ಟ್ರಾ ಕಪ್ ವಿಚಾರವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ನಡೆದಿದೆ ಎನ್ನಲಾದ ವಾಗ್ವಾದ-ಹಲ್ಲೆ. #NammaFilterCoffee@BlrCityPolice pic.twitter.com/CCVC7GwAF7
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After CCTV video of the attack was widely shared on social media DCP Akshay M Hakay said a case has been registered at the Seshadripuram police station. “We have arrested one person and are questioning him. The attack happened after one of the staffers refused to hand out an extra coffee cup. The staffers at th coffee shop could not identify the other accused, but we will arrest them soon”.