The man, identified as Riyas Ahmed, filed a police complaint after he saw his face on TV and saw that people were calling him a terrorist.
Hours after a high alert was announced in Bengaluru after a man was seen on CCTV refusing to be frisked at the city’s Majestic Metro station, the police have ruled out any threat from him, confirming he was a regular commuter. The visuals circulated by the media showed the man entering the security gate at Majestic (Nadaprabhu Kempegowda) Metro Station and being stopped by the security personnel. He did not undergo further and chose to leave the station. The police said the man has been identified as Riyas, a resident of Nayandahalli. Riyas is a regular commuter and travels from Nayandahalli to Majestic on a daily basis. "Riyas Ahmed, a 49-year-old resident of Gangondanahalli in Bengaluru came to the Upparpet Police Station at around 4 pm and filed a complaint. He has said he is a regular commuter and that when the security guard asked him to pull his kurta up, he said he felt uncomfortable to do so in front of everyone. He later saw his face on TV and saw that people were calling him a terrorist. He said that this has caused him immense mental harassment as people in his neighbourhood are looking at him in a wary manner," DCP West Ravi D Channannavar told reporters on Wednesday. In his complaint, Riyas stated that he owns a small watch repair stall at the Majestic Bus Stand's subway. “He said that he travels by metro every day and on May 6 too. He entered the metro station,” DCP West added. Earlier, the police said that the man had also tried to use the east entrance to enter the metro station. However, the police have confirmed it was not Riyaz but another man. They are trying to trace him. Meanwhile, Upparpet Police have formed a team to probe who leaked the video to the media and spread the false information that Riyaz Ahmed is a suspected terrorist. Earlier in the day, City Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar had addressed the press announcing four police teams were formed to trace Riyas after the security staff at the metro station found his behaviour ‘suspicious’. CCTV visuals showed him lifting his shirt slightly after a device under his shirt triggered the metal detector to go off.
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