Hyderabad, April 27 -- Another incident of language row has been reported from Karnataka, where a ticket examiner (TTE) allegedly assaulted a Muslim passenger after the latter requested the former to speak in Kannada.

The incident occurred on April 24 on the Mysuru-Hubballi Hampi Express. Mahmad Basha Attar, a resident of Bhagyanagar in Koppal district, was travelling from Mysuru to Koppal on Thursday in the S-3 coach.

When the ticket examiner came to check his ticket, Basha requested that he speak in Kannada, for which the latter stated he did not know the language. "I started recording the conversation. Suddenly, the TTE slapped me and threw my phone away," Basha was quoted by the Times of India.

The incident escalated, prompting the...