Bengaluru: Air Force officer booked for attempted murder after video shows him attacking biker

An Indian Air Force officer in Bengaluru was on Monday booked for attempt to murder after videos emerged on social media showing him assaulting a biker after an altercation between them, The Times of India reported.

The biker, a call centre employee named Vikas Kumar, was arrested for allegedly assaulting the Air Force officer following a complaint by his wife.

On Monday, Bose had uploaded a video on Instagram, in which he had alleged that he was attacked by a biker when he was travelling in a car with his wife. The video showed him bleeding from his forehead and neck.

Bose is a wing commander with the Air Force while his wife, Madhumita Dutta, is a squadron leader, The Indian Express reported.

Bose alleged that on Monday morning, when his wife was driving him to the Bengaluru airport, a biker “came from behind and stopped in between”, and began abusing him and his wife in Kannada. He alleged that the man attacked him with a key, leaving him bleeding.

“This is what Karnataka has become,” Bose said in the video. “I believed in Kannada, but seeing the truth of main heartland Karnataka, I could not believe it.”

He further claimed: “God gave me the power not to retaliate. Tomorrow, if law and order doesn’t help me, I will...

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