Gang attack youths for playing cricket

Bengaluru: Four people who were playing cricket in a playground in Hoodi were attacked by a group of youngsters, some claiming to be rowdies in the area.

Following the incident, Nagaraj, a resident of Kaverinagar in Mahadevapura, one amongst the people who were playing cricket filed a complaint with the KR Puram police.

In his complaint, Nagaraj said that when he and his friends were playing cricket, a group of people, who were already in the ground, drinking liquor, began teasing them and asked if they had brought chicken and mutton dishes for them to eat while consuming liquor.

One of the youths, who introduced himself as Karthik, a resident of Swatantrapura near Basavanpura, told Nagaraj and his friends that people are scared to hear his name and pay respect by saluting him. Asking who gave them permission to play in the ground and how they dared to talk back, they started attacking Nagaraj with a beer bottle.

The KR Puram police have booked an assault case and are making efforts to arrest the attackers.