India, July 18 -- As Bengaluru continues to navigate delicate linguistic fault lines, a man has been arrested for allegedly making abusive and derogatory comments against the Kannada language and its speakers during a phone conversation with a delivery executive.

The incident took place on July 17, when Ranjith Mathew, a delivery partner for an online platform, contacted a customer named Mithun Sarkar to confirm the delivery address for a T-shirt, news agency PTI reported. What began as a routine call reportedly took an ugly turn.

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According to Mathew's police complaint, Sarkar responded in Hindi and allegedly began hurling verbal abu...