New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- A couple travelling through Bengaluru late at night alleged "invasive" checking by the police on Reddit, and the post quickly garnered attention, with some pointing out that such invasions of privacy had become "very normal" in the city, and others bashing the cops for what they described as downright "harassment".

In the post on the r/Bangalore, a sub-Reddit with over one million members, the couple described their ordeal while they were travelling from the J P Nagar via Uber at around 2 am.

Stopped by the cops at a police barricade on the highway, the couple thought they were being subject to a routine late-night check that soon turned "uncomfortable".

The 27-year-old man who made the post alleged that his 33-yea...