Malayalam actor arrested for calling cab driver “Muslim terrorist”
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Mangaluru/Karnataka: Malayalam actor Jayakrishnan has been arrested by the Karnataka Police after a cab driver complained that the actor called him “Muslim terrorist”, The Federal reported.
An FIR was registered against him and two of his associates from Kerala for allegedly abusing the cab driver with communal invectives here, PTI reported, citing Magaluru’s Uruva local police information.
According to the driver’s complaint, the actor called him a “Muslim terrorist”. He also accused the actor of issuing verbal abuse against his mother in the Malayalam language.
The trio--Jayakrishnan (50), Santosh Abraham and Vimal--had booked a cab on the night of October 9 from Bejai New Road, police said.
The cab driver, Ahmed Shafiq (32), faced verbal abuse in Hindi and Malayalam, according to the complaint filed at the Urwa Police Station on Friday, they added.
According to police, the trio booked a cab through a mobile app, giving their pickup address as Bejai New Road in Mangaluru. When the driver contacted them through the app to confirm the location, they allegedly abused him with communal invectives.
A case has been registered under relevant sections 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
"Digital trails identified them; statements are being recorded," a police source said.