Poornima Das

BENGALURU: A Bengaluru woman has alleged that men claiming to be supporters of Mohammed Nalapad Haris , elder son of Congress MLA N A Haris , had threatened her with dire consequences three years ago.

"I was standing outside a hotel on MG Road and the gang of men openly threatened me, saying if I approach police, they would butcher me in daylight," the woman, who identified herself as Poornima Das, claimed in a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday.

Das said she was attending an event and had taken objection to a speaker allegedly abusing one particular community. "It was an NGO conference where the speaker was spreading hate messages against one community. I objected to this and walked out and decided to file a police complaint. On MG Road, men claiming to be Md Haris' supporters threatened me. I went to Cubbon Park police but the staff said the area where I was threatened falls under Ulsoor police station limits. When I went to Ulsoor police, they sent me back to Cubbon Park station. The staff at Cubbon Park station threw my complaint in a dustbin," she alleged.

City police commissioner T Suneel Kumar said they will take up the case if the woman files a police complaint. "She is welcome to file a complaint. Based on the facts, we shall take up the case and investigate," he said.

Police officers said they came across the video but could not identify the woman.

