Bengaluru: The Bengaluru traffic police have come under intense criticism after a video showing an officer assaulting a cab driver went viral on social media. The incident, reported near the Shell petrol bunk close to the RT Nagar flyover, has triggered widespread outrage and renewed debate over police arrogance and misconduct.

According to eyewitnesses and posts circulating on social media platform X, a cab driver had parked his vehicle on the roadside when a traffic policeman confronted him. The officer allegedly questioned the driver harshly, and a heated argument followed. Moments later, the officer slapped the cab driver in full public view. Passersby recorded the altercation, and the video spread rapidly online.

Netizens expressed anger over the officer’s high-handed behaviour, de

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