Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- As many as three people were arrested for allegedly attacking a bike taxi rider in Hyderabad's Domalguda area on Thursday, February 20.

The incident occurred when the bike taxi rider, Mohammed Nayeem, was attacked while passing through a traffic signal near NTR Garden. In a video shared online, the driver alleged that the three accused were drunk and asked him to move aside and subsequently began abusing him.

"They saw that I was wearing a Kurta payjama and began abusing me. One of them hit me on the head with a stone," Nayeem is heard saying in a video shared on social media.

Based on a complaint, a case was registered under sections 118(1), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on February 21 and thr...