BBMP Officials Slap Boy To Undergo COVID-19 Test; Video Goes Viral

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike has drawn flak after a video of two contract officials physically assaulting a teenager to undergo COVID-19 test went viral on May 24. In the video, the boy can be seen being slapped and pushed around near the makeshift sample collection table at Dharmaraya Swamy Temple in Chickpet constituency. In another similar incident, BBMP's officials were seen harassing a man in the same area.