Bengaluru man confronts auto driver for urinating on road, makes him clean spot

A video showing a man confronting an auto driver for allegedly urinating on a road in Bengaluru has gone viral on social media.

The clip, shared by the X account Ghar Ke Kalesh, showed the man stopping the driver after allegedly catching him urinating on a clean footpath in a residential area. As the confrontation continued, the driver walked ahead with a bottle of water, poured it over the spot where he had urinated, and then returned to his autorickshaw.

In the video, the man can be heard reprimanding the driver for relieving himself in public despite being aware that it is prohibited.

"You can do all of this but don't know about the fine. Don't you know you shouldn't urinate on the road? In which language should we tell you? Look at your age, and yet you have no sense. In a residential area, in front of houses, you urinate and then put some water on it and claim that you've cleaned it," he said.

The man also asked the driver for his name, to which he responded, "Nagaraj.”

Continuing to criticise him, the man alleged that the driver does not have a licence and sarcastically remarked that he seemed to believe footpaths are meant for urinating.

"He has no licence and, according to him, a footpath is to urinate. It's not his house so he can do whatever he wants," the man said, adding that the police had been called to impose a fine.

"We've called the police to levy a fine on him. He is waiting, and we are making sure he waits," he said in the video.

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Social media users were furious, with many condemning public urination and praising the man for confronting the driver instead of ignoring the incident.

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The exact date and location of the incident could not be independently verified. It is also unclear whether the driver was ultimately fined by the police.