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Kirik Party actor Samyuktha Hegde reported she was verbally abused and heckled at a public park in Bengaluru. The incident took place on Friday and the culprits were a group of people including All India Congress Committee member and civic activist Kavitha Reddy.

The incident happened on Friday morning when Samyuktha and her friends went to the park to exercise with hula hoops. The actress was wearing joggers and a sports bra for the workout session. Offended by the workout clothes that Samyuktha was wearing, Kavita Reddy and some others asked the actress and her friends to leave the park while shaming the actress for being dressed indecently in public. Kavitha reportedly charged at one of the women and later involved the police.

The actress hosted an Instagram live at the moment in which Kavitha Reddy is recorded saying that Samyuktha was “dancing naked”. The politician is also heard telling the police personnel that she wants to file a case accusing Samyuktha of “public indecency”.

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Samyuktha then removed her coverup clothes and questioned the spectating public that had gathered at the park if her clothes were indecent. She also pointed out that she did not do anything wrong and then a man wearing a red shirt threatens to tell the media that Samyuktha is drug abuser.

“If you wear such clothes, we will have to hit you,” is what Kavitha Reddy can be heard saying in the live video. After this incriminating video, Kavitha Reddy issued a statement saying that she only objected to Samyuktha playing loud music in the park.

Following this disturbing incident, Samyuktha and her friends went to the HSR Layout Police Station to file a complaint against Kavitha Reddy and the men who heckled them at the park. HSR Layout Police Inspector Muni Reddy told a news portal that Samyuktha Hegde submitted a written complaint on Saturday morning, after which an FIR was registered against Kavitha Reddy and others.