Accountant thrashed, stripped by friends over hacking suspicion in Bengaluru

BENGALURU:  A man was badly assaulted by his own friends, and left in the middle of the road in an undressed state on Sunday. The D J Halli police have arrested one of the accused and are on the lookout for the others.

The injured is Mohammed Hamdam and the accused are Fayaz,Tannu, Asif and a few others.

Fayaz and his friends called Hamdam to help to unlock blocked emails. Hamdam went to meet them,  logged out of the account, logged back in later, and then returned to home.

Hamdam claimed more than seven people thrashed me for no reason.

Hamdam, an accountant with a private company, later sent a message to Fayaz asking for a loan. But Fayas did not respond to it. Later, Fayaz called Hamdam to meet at 2 am and he insisted Hamdam come to Modi Road in DJ Halli to have tea.

When Hamdam went there, the gang  attacked him with a knife, belt, cables, bamboo stick, and other objects abusing Hamdam that Fayaz’s e-mail, WhatsApp and bank accounts had been hacked and asking Hamdam about transferring money.  Thanu, another friend of Fayaz, also beat Hamdam for asking the same questions.

Asif forcibly removed Hamdam’s dress and recorded it.They even threatened him of uploading it on social media.

Hamdam suffered severe injuries on his left hand and left leg. The gang left Hamdam near Taha Masjid after the attack. Hamdam returned home the next day with the help of his uncle.

The DJ Halli police have arrested one person in connection with the incident, and an investigation is under way.

Hamdam said, “They beat me, blaming me as a bank account hacker. I told them to trust me, but they did not; I am educated. But they are not ready to listen to my words. They beat me up until I was black and blue.They used a belt, cable wire, bamboo stick, and knife. They hit my head with bamboo sticks three times. I guess there were more than seven members in the group, but I do not know all of them. Asif stripped me naked and told me to run as far as I could.”