Express News Service By

BENGALURU: A 22-year-old student was thrashed by a group of people for posting derogatory remarks about Kannada film stars on Facebook on Saturday afternoon. Santosh, a resident of Sriramapura, is pursuing an engineering course in a private college in Banashankari.

He was caught by a group of people who had viewed his comments on Kannada actors and the ongoing Cauvery issue, when he came to college in the afternoon, and thrashed in public. He later apologized to them and fled. By the time Girinagar police reached the spot, both Santhosh and the group had left.

It is said that Santhosh, who was born and brought up in Bengaluru, had made derogatory comments against actors Shivarajkumar, ‘Duniya’ Vijay, Ragini Dwivedi and Darshan.

It is learnt that some of his friends on Facebook had warned him to do not post such messages, but he did not heed their advice.

There were reports that the group brought him to the police station but the police refused to file a case. They warned him not to post such comments and let him off.

A senior police officer denied that Santhosh was brought to the station and that the gang left him as he apologised. “We would have registered a case if he was ready to file a complaint. We came to know of the incident only when a news channel reported about it.”

No case was registered by either Santhosh or the group.