Bengaluru Trader Who Harassed Dutch Vlogger Pedro Mota in Chickpet Is Arrested

A Dutch Vlogger was manhandled by a trader at the famed chickpet market area in the city of Bengaluru. The incident however took place two months back. 

The video of the incident went viral recently which prompted the Bengaluru police to take action against the trader and he has now been arrested. 

Pedro Mota is a citizen of the Netherlands. He was exploring all the important eatery joints as well as other popular hotspots of Bengaluru and was recording them for his vlog ‘Madly Rover.’

While he was recording at the famed Chor Bazaar area in Chickpet, one of the traders came forward and grabbed his hand. He became irate as the vlogger was capturing his wares in his camera.

The trader grabbed his hand, twisted it and lunged after him after he tried to escape. 

Mota narrated the shocking incident in his Youtube Video titled ‘Attacked At The Thieves Market In India’ which he posted on Sunday. 

He wrote, “Foreigners traveling in India experience the thieves market in Bangalore, also known as the sunday market or chor bazaar. But exploring the area started out on the wrong foot as an angry man attacked me by grabbing and twisting my hand and arm, lunging after me as I tried to escape. After I had some street food, met great local Indian people and haggled for a new buttoned shirt.”

“Sometimes it’s just one of those days and you come across the wrong person. What’s the craziest thing that’s ever happened to you in your country or abroad? By the way everyone, thanks for all the well wishes and please don’t worry about my perception of India since as you’ve probably seen in many of my videos by now, a guest in this country truly is treated with great consideration.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Laxman B Nimbargi said, “The incident took place two months ago when he was attacked. We have arrested Nawab Sharif (58), who is a former autorickshaw driver working as a cloth merchant. The incident was reported in Sultanpet, where Nawab assumed that his business would be affected as Pedro was making videos and may inform the police about selling old clothes. A complaint was filed by Mudassir Ahmed on Twitter about the incident. Nawab has been arrested and charged under the Karnataka Police Act.”

Police Commissioner B Dayananda tweeted, “It’s an old video which has come into circulation now. The person harassing in the video has been identified, traced and action taken. No scope for such highhandedness in Namma Bengaluru against anybody.”