Australian harassed in Bengaluru over tattoo

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Australin harassed in Bengaluru over tattoo

The city police detained the Australian and forced the man to apologise to the harassers for “hurting their religious sentiments”.

A group of people harassed an Australian couple at a restaurant here on Saturday, even threatening to skin the young man’s leg, for sporting the tattoo of Hindu goddess Yellamma on his shin.

Their ordeal did not end there as the city police not only detained them but also forced the man to apologise to the group for ‘hurting their religious sentiments.’

The incident happened around 2 p.m. when Matthew Gordon (21) and his girl friend Emily Kassianou (20) from Melbourne were spotted by the group. “One of them came to me and confronted me about my tattoo. Soon, they surrounded us and threatened to skin my leg and remove the tattoo,” a shaken Gordon, a law student, told The Hindu on Sunday.

Read more at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities...d-in-bengaluru-over-tattoo/article7778246.ece

 

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Australin harassed in Bengaluru over tattoo


The city police detained the Australian and forced the man to apologise to the harassers for “hurting their religious sentiments”.

A group of people harassed an Australian couple at a restaurant here on Saturday, even threatening to skin the young man’s leg, for sporting the tattoo of Hindu goddess Yellamma on his shin.

Their ordeal did not end there as the city police not only detained them but also forced the man to apologise to the group for ‘hurting their religious sentiments.’

The incident happened around 2 p.m. when Matthew Gordon (21) and his girl friend Emily Kassianou (20) from Melbourne were spotted by the group. “One of them came to me and confronted me about my tattoo. Soon, they surrounded us and threatened to skin my leg and remove the tattoo,” a shaken Gordon, a law student, told The Hindu on Sunday.

Read more at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities...d-in-bengaluru-over-tattoo/article7778246.ece

I feel there was nothing wrong about the people who threatened. Foreigners have no right to denigrate indians' beliefs and then come to india and flaunt.