Five held in India for attacks on Africans

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Five held in India for attacks on Africans

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published May 30, 2016

New Delhi: Delhi Police arrested five people on Sunday for attacks on six Africans in south Delhi’s Mehrauli on Thursday night.

The unusually prompt move follows resprial attacks in Congo on Indians following an earlier incident in which an African was lynched by a gang near Delhi.

Delhi Police have said the attacks, a week after the Congolese national was beaten to death in the city, were “isolated incidents” and not racist in nature. Two of those attacked have alleged they were beaten with cricket bats.

The arrests happened after Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the Commissioner of Police. Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to the home minister, and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, about the attacks and said she was assured that the culprits would soon be arrested.

Apart from the arrests, five others have been detained, NDTV said.

The Africans were injured in three separate incidents on Thursday night.

Published in Dawn, May 30th, 2016

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Kolsat

May 30, 2016 09:12am

I am sorry to say that it is good that five persons are arrested for allegedly attacking the Africans. However I fear these people may not face the courts because the police do not have any solid proof against them. The real culprits are out and about and ready to attack another man or woman. The Delhi police are corrupt and incompetent lot. I would advise Africans they should to countries like Australia and New Zealand for higher studies and bypass India.

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Kamal Pasha.

May 30, 2016 12:31pm

For Africans, India is the only country the can afford to study.

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Indian Tamil

May 30, 2016 04:25pm

@Kamal Pasha India is the only country they can afford to get best education at lower expense.

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