Noting that the minister called a meeting of senior ministry officials including Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, the Spokesperson said,”We condemn the incident unequivocally”. First is a horrific incident where a 21-year-old Tanzanian student was allegedly beaten up and stripped by a vigilante mob in presence of the police on Sunday.
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Mr. Kijazi also met the victim of the attack, sources said.
“They are really disappointed, frustrated and scared actually”, the commissioner told the CNN-IBN network of the students.
Following the accident, infuriated locals torched the auto while Sudanese student managed to escape.
The Tanzanian student alleged that she was stripped and forced to walk naked in public by a mob that went on a rampage and set fire to her auto after a road accident.
According to the complaints, she lodged the attackers, dragged her out of the vehicle before setting it ablaze as hundreds assaulted her and her two friends.
The woman, a student of Bengaluru’s Acharya College, has alleged that while a police constable was present, he remained a spectactor.
After public clamour and intervention by the Ministry of External Affairs, Karnataka govt. has taken action.
The Tanzanian woman along with her three friends were attacked as their vehicle was passing through the accident site.
But asked if the Congress high command has sought a report, Siddaramaiah said, “Why will high command seek report on everything?”
Such shameful incidents are not any new to occur in India as most of the foreign students have faced situations of the same sort during various circumstances.
The four accused were arrested last night and booked for assault, unlawful assembly, arson, rioting and outraging a woman’s modesty, Mr Megharikh said. A report would be sent to her, he said.
“All those who discriminated against the students should be brought to justice”.
Police officials in Bengaluru said the case should be seen as an isolated incident of road rage. He said the incident should not be “generalised”.
There have been previous cases of attacks and anger directed by Indians against African immigrants in the country, many of whom are university students.
The Tanzanian Embassy has demanded a detailed report on the incident.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday tweeted that she was “deeply pained over the shameful incident”.
Five people suspected of assaulting a Tanzanian woman here were arrested early on Thursday, Police Commissioner N.S. Megharik said.
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Meanwhile, Tanzanian High Commissioner John Kijazi, in a telephonic conversation with ANI, said that he wants the police to take strict action and arrest all the culprits.
