AFRICAN STUDENTS HOLD PROTEST IN INDIA; SEVERAL STUDENTS ATTACKED BY LOCALS

Hundreds of African students today staged demonstration in Bengaluru demanding better protection and treatment from the police in the wake of attack on Tanzanians and Sudanese last Sunday when a young Tanzanian woman was stripped and paraded naked by the mob.

Reacting to the Bengaluru incident where a Sudanese man mowed down a local woman, the angry mob stopped a car of African students, dragged them out and started beating. A woman passenger was assaulted and was stripped of all her clothes. She was then forced to parade naked down the road as the police looked on.

Enraged by this shocking incident, students gathered at the Town Hall under the banner of the Union of African Communities of Bengaluru and staged a silent demonstration. Hundreds of Indian students also joined the protest to express solidarity with the Africans.




The African students alleged that the Bengaluru police viewed them with contempt whenever they approached the cops for assistance. They resolved to reduce the cultural differences with the local communities, as it is one of the main reasons for the ugly incidents in recent times in the city.


On Friday, Tanzanian High Commissioner to India, John W H Kijazi was in Bengaluru to review the situation in the wake of the attacks on Africans. He suggested the students to make peace with the local communities and adhere to Indian laws.

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY