Bengaluru man threatens acid attack on woman over her clothes, gets fired

A man in Bengaluru was fired from his job after he threatened to throw acid at a woman when he objected to her choice of clothes in a social media post. The man, Nikith Shetty, was fired after the woman's husband filed a complaint and shared a screenshot of the threatening message sent to his wife, an influencer, on Instagram.

"This is serious. @DgpKarnataka, @CMofKarnataka, @DKShivakumar. This person is threatening to throw acid on my wife's face for her choice of clothes. Please take immediate action against this person to prevent any incident from happening," Shahbaz Ansar, a journalist, tweeted, tagging the Karnataka DGP, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

"The person who was threatening my wife with acid attack works for Etios digital services. I don't think women are safe in this organisation," Shahbaz Ansar said.