<p>The Mumbai Police today registered a case of criminal intimidation against unidentified persons who allegedly questioned a 24-year-old man in a menacing way on suspicion that his bag was made from cow skin.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident had happened on Friday with Barun Kashyap, who hails from Assam and works as creative director with a private firm, in suburban Andheri.<br /><br />Kashyap wrote about it in a Facebook post, following which the police initially lodged a non-cognisable offence.<br /><br />"With a permission from the magistrate's court, we today registered an FIR against a group of men who allegedly accosted Kashyap," a senior official said.<br /><br />The FIR was lodged under sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.<br /><br />Further probe was underway, the official said.<br /><br />According to Kashyap, when he was travelling to his workplace in an auto-rickshaw, the driver became curious about his identity.<br /><br />At a traffic signal, the driver started looking at Kashyap's leather bag and concluded after touching it that it was made from cowhide.<br /><br />Kashyap told him it was made from camel leather and bought from Pushkar. But the he was not satisfied.<br /><br />The driver then stopped the vehicle near a temple and signalled three men sitting there. They asked Kashyap to step out, which he refused. One of them examined his bag.<br /><br />"One of them asked my full name. He looked at the other two and said something in Marathi...I could only understand the word 'Brahmin'. May be hearing Kashyap, they thought I am a Brahmin and left the spot," he said.<br /><br />Kashyap also noted the vehicle's registration number and asked the driver for his phone number before getting down at the next traffic signal. </p>
<p>The Mumbai Police today registered a case of criminal intimidation against unidentified persons who allegedly questioned a 24-year-old man in a menacing way on suspicion that his bag was made from cow skin.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident had happened on Friday with Barun Kashyap, who hails from Assam and works as creative director with a private firm, in suburban Andheri.<br /><br />Kashyap wrote about it in a Facebook post, following which the police initially lodged a non-cognisable offence.<br /><br />"With a permission from the magistrate's court, we today registered an FIR against a group of men who allegedly accosted Kashyap," a senior official said.<br /><br />The FIR was lodged under sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.<br /><br />Further probe was underway, the official said.<br /><br />According to Kashyap, when he was travelling to his workplace in an auto-rickshaw, the driver became curious about his identity.<br /><br />At a traffic signal, the driver started looking at Kashyap's leather bag and concluded after touching it that it was made from cowhide.<br /><br />Kashyap told him it was made from camel leather and bought from Pushkar. But the he was not satisfied.<br /><br />The driver then stopped the vehicle near a temple and signalled three men sitting there. They asked Kashyap to step out, which he refused. One of them examined his bag.<br /><br />"One of them asked my full name. He looked at the other two and said something in Marathi...I could only understand the word 'Brahmin'. May be hearing Kashyap, they thought I am a Brahmin and left the spot," he said.<br /><br />Kashyap also noted the vehicle's registration number and asked the driver for his phone number before getting down at the next traffic signal. </p>