investigation into a mob attack on several
African students near New Delhi, a crime
for which seven people have been arrested.
Xenophobia in India: Authorities orders probeinto mob attack on Nigerian studens
The incident occurred in the Delhi
suburb of Noida late Monday when
locals staging a protest about the death
of a teenage boy turned violent, leading
to attacks on African students, mostly
Nigerians, shopping in the area.
The attackers alleged the dead boy,
Manish Khari, 16, was drugged by
Africans who live in the area. He died of
a cardiac arrest on the weekend after a
suspected drug o*erdose.
Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj
promised “immediate action” after a
Nigerian student begged her for help,
saying living in the area had become a
“life-threatening issue”.
“I have spoken to Yogi Adityanath, chief
minister of Uttar Pradesh about the
attack.
He has assured that there will be fair
and impartial investigation into this
unfortunate incident,” she said on
Twitter, referring to the state in which
the incident occurred.
Noida police chief Dharmendra Singh
said four Nigerians were admitted to
hospitals and seven locals were arrested
for the mob violence.
“Some people tried to give the incident
a racial twist and there has been hate-
mongering over the social media.
Three hundred people are listed in the
police complaint and more arrests are
likely soon in raids,” he said.
Attacks on Africans have been reported
at regular intervals in India in recent
years.
Last May, a Congolese student was
beaten to death in Delhi.
Earlier, a Tanzanian student was
attacked and partially stripped by a
mob in the city of Bangalore.
The video below shows some Nigerian
youths staging a peaceful protest against
the Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in
South Africa.
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