Bengaluru: Six arrested after gym WhatsApp group argument leads to violent attack on trainer

Six men have been arrested after a WhatsApp group argument related to a gym allegedly escalated into a violent attack on a young man who works as a part-time gym trainer, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred on Tuesday and was captured on CCTV cameras, they said.

The purported footage shows the attackers arriving on two-wheelers near the affected person's home, assaulting him, and then fleeing.

According to police, Ansh Thakur had earlier been involved in a heated discussion in a gym WhatsApp group on Monday night.

The argument was between him and a private coach named Iliyaz, with whom he had trained for about two years but had not spoken for the past six months.

During the online exchange, another man named Matin reportedly threatened Ansh for speaking against Iliyaz. The next day, Matin and his friends allegedly called Ansh out near his home under the pretext of meeting him, a senior police officer said.

When he arrived, they allegedly attacked him using metal knuckles and other weapons, he said.

Based on the complaint filed by the victim's family, a case was registered at Sanjaynagar police station, and six people involved in the assault were arrested, the officer said. Investigations are underway, he added.

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