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Australian couple harassed over Hindu Goddess tattoo

| | Oct 19, 2015, at 08:02 pm
Bengaluru, Oct 19 (IBNS): An Australian couple was allegedly harassed in Bengaluru on Saturday over a tattoo of a Hindu goddess, media reports said.
The couple was then forced to apologise for hurting the feelings of their attackers by the police.
 
The young Australian couple were at a restaurant when a group of men came to their table, objected to the tattoo of goddess Yellamma on the guy's leg and allegedly threatened to "skin him", said reports.
 
The victim, Matt Keith, 21, has posted a letter of apology on Facebook.
 
He claimed that he was allegedly forced to write for "hurting religious sentiment."
 
Keith posted: "Forced letter of apology before I could leave the police station...traumatising situation where it is apparently acceptable to be harassed, threatened and mobbed... I respect India and Hinduism completely. That's why I spent 35 hours getting a massive Ganesha put on my back and 4 hours getting the Goddess (Yellamma) on the only bit of space I had left on my body..my girlfriend  ...does not deserve sexual abuse."
 
According to reports, the police promised action not just against the attackers but also local policemen believed to have harassed the couple.
#Hindu Goddess tattoo # tattoo of a Hindu goddess

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