Bengaluru: Spanish man calls police to inform about burglars in his house, told to speak in Kannada before the call was disconnected
Op IndiaA Spanish man stuck in a burglary situation inside his home in Bengaluru became a victim of linguistic chauvinism when his SOS call was disconnected by the helpline operator who asked him to speak in Kannada. According to a report in the Times of India, a Spanish man named Jesus Abrielle dialled emergency number 112 when he heard two people break into his house in the night around 2 am on Wednesday. Burglars snuck in through the bathroom window Abrielle lives in the ground floor flat of the Nydus apartment complex on Langford Road in Richmond Town in Bengaluru. A helpline operator is obligated to call back Explaining the mishap on the emergency call, a senior police officer reportedly explained that emergency numbers frequently receive frivolous and prank calls.
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