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New Delhi: A Nigerian national accused of theft and drugs was beaten up by a mob in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar in an incident late last month.
New Delhi: A Nigerian national accused of theft and drugs was beaten up by a mob in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar in an incident late last month.
In a video that emerged on Monday, the man can be seen tied up to a pole, screaming and begging as he is thrashed with iron rods and sticks by the mob.
According to a report in NDTV, the man was allegedly caught inside the house of Krishna Kumar in the early hours of September 24. When he was handed over to the police that day, he was badly wounded and barely conscious.
The report says that people in the neighbourhood claimed he fell down the stairs when he was trying to escape.
A video shared with NDTV belies that claim. The video shows the man begging for mercy while the locals can be heard saying, “Get red chilly. Beat him harder…”
The man was taken to the police, with injuries to his head, face, limbs and back. He was later arrested and has been in jail since the incident, ANI reported.
Africans living in the country have been facing violence and abuse. Brutal racial attacks have also been recently reported from Bangalore and Delhi.
Earlier this year, four Nigerian students were allegedly attacked by residents who took out a candle-light march for a 17-year-old boy who had died due to suspected drug overdose.
In May 2016, a Congolese student was beaten to death in Delhi.
Groups of African students were beaten by mobs in at least two separate incidents in March.
Dal Khalsa UK Condemns the above attack on a Nigerian student in the strongest terms. Its an example of what kind of system operates in the world's largest so called democracy where people of African background are attacked on a daily basis based on the colour of their skin.
This further proves the statistics right that India is a racist society towards Africans.Time and time again we see our African brethren who have come to work study and contribute to society being attacked and even being killed.While all the while the accusation is the same ie: of theft etc. This is a cover story to the racism of Indian society and that of Brahminism which promotes the division of humanity.
African Nations need to take this up with the highest levels of the Indian State as their citizens are the biggest victims and no one should turn a blind eye to this sheer terror on the streets of India against black people.