Bengaluru: In a violent incident involving African students, two students hailing from Congo allegedly assaulted the son of their house owner, who had demanded that they vacate the house after they created nuisance in a drunken state.
This led to a heated argument and a scuffle. The house owner’s son Karthik sustained fractures on his face and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Banaswadi, the police said.
The incident happened at a house in Kulappa Circle in Kammanahalli, where the two Congolese students, studying at a private college, had rented a two-bedroom house. The students had also not paid the whole advance and not provided the identity documents, required to prepare an agreement.
The house was rented out only for two of the students, but most of the time, there were always around five to six students. Most of the time they were partying and causing nuisance, alleged the owner of the house Anand to the police. He had told the students to vacate the house at the earliest. The owner had recently locked the rear gate through which the students entered the house without the knowledge of the owner.
On Wednesday at around 11 pm, when Karthik came to know that the students have sneaked into the house, he questioned the two students. A scuffle ensued and Karthik was punched on his face twice by the students. Later the students got into their car and tried to escape, but were surrounded by the neighbours. The students then abandoned the car and fled the spot. The mob vandalized the car’s windshield by pelting stones at it and dispersed only after the police reached the spot. The Banaswadi police have registered a case against the foreign students.
“We have learnt that the Congolese student, who assaulted Karthik, was overstaying in the city as his visa had expired,” said a senior police officer.
Messy affair
Two students hailing from Congo had rented an apartment in Kammanahalli
They had not paid the advance in full and not provided identity documents for rental agreement
Though the house was rented for two students, there were always around five to six students
The owners wanted them to vacate but they stayed put
On Wednesday a fight broke out between the students and owner’s son Karthik
