Police detain two youths for throwing lit firecrackers on people

BENGALURU: The city police detained two youths for throwing lit firecrackers on the people walking on the road and for attacking a man who questioned them about it, at Maruti Nagar near Jnana Bharathi on Tuesday night.

Mahadevaswamy was attacked by a group of local youth for questioning them why they were throwing lit firecrackers on senior citizens, women and children. The incident was captured on CCTV camera.

Mahadevaswamy was attacked by a group of local youth.

“I was standing with my son and they were bursting firecrackers and were throwing them on the people walking on the road. I questioned them about the same. Three of them attacked me with a plastic tray. There were around fifteen people, and one of them threatened to kill me if I lodged a police complaint,”said Mahadevaswamy.

Jnana Bharathi police station

A case has been registered at Jnana Bharathi police station and the police have detained two youths. Further investigation is on.