Africans beat Delhi cabbie |
A cab driver was allegedly assaulted overnight by a group of African nationals in Delhi, police said , potentially escalating a row over a string of racist attacks that left a Congolese teacher dead in the national capital.The 51-year-old cab driver, Nuruddin, was allegedly thrashed by six people including two women following an altercation in the wee hours of May 30 , near Mehrauli. Police said the victim with multiple cuts and bruises on his face was taken to AIIMS where he received six stitches. The police said since six people, four men and two women of African origin, wanted to board the car, the cab driver objected, citing restrictions on carrying more than four passengers. The group then allegedly thrashed him. One of the attackers, a woman from Rwanda, was left behind though the others managed to escape after the incident. The incident comes in the backdrop of a series of attacks in Delhi on people from African countries, leading to a diplomatic row and a possible backlash in Congo. Last week, residents in Congo’s capital Kinshasa fired shots and attacked shops owned by Indians. Two Indians were injured in the violence which came after a Congolese was bludgeoned to death allegedly by three men after an argument over hiring an auto-rickshaw.
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