Close X
Friday, October 4, 2024
ADVT 
International

Two Indian Men Racially Abused, Attacked In New Zealand, Told To Go Back To Their Own Country

Darpan News Desk IANS, 06 Mar, 2017 09:47 AM
    An Indian national here has said that he was assaulted, spat at and subjected to a racist tirade during a road rage incident in Auckland city, a media report said.
     
    Narindervir Singh said that he was filming from inside his vehicle when the incident happened last week, reported local news service Newshub on Monday.
     
    "I gave him a space ... that lady gave me the finger. He was driving that car (pointing to a white Holden) and now he's trying to threaten me, giving me bad names," Singh said in the video, which was being streamed live on Facebook.
     
    After Singh informed the driver that he's uploading the video live, the situation escalated and Singh was abused, sworn at and told to go back to his own country, the report said.
     

    The abuser, who is seen in video wearing a grey t-shirt, was tail-gating according to Singh, who said he simply pulled over to let him pass. The man also made derogatory remarks about Punjabi people, Newshub report said.
     
    "It really shocked me and after he [left], I was really shaken," Singh told the news service.
     
    "I don't know what to do, it really hurts my heart ... The first thing in my mind was that he might hurt me with some weapon."
     
    When Singh left, he assumed it was all over. But when he parked on a nearby side street, he said the white Holden pulled up once again and the racist rant continued.
     
    ANOTHER RACIAL ATTACK
     
     
    Another man, Bikramjit Singh, suffered similar abuse last week as he left a Papatoetoe storage facility, reported Newshub.
     
    A man who claimed Bikramjit was speeding yelled at him, saying: "Go back to your f*****g country - slow down! You know what the speed limit is here."
     
    However, Bikramjit said he wasn't speeding, is a New Zealand citizen and has lived here for more than a decade.
     
    "[It made me feel] so sad because New Zealand is so beautiful - there are lovely people here."
     
    The man who hurled abuse at Bikramjit ended up apologising in an email. 
     
    However, those who work with migrants say such discrimination appears to be increasing, said the report.
     
    The man who hurled abuse in that case ended up apologising in an email, blaming two alcohol beverages he'd consumed earlier that day. But those who work with migrants say such discrimination do appear to be increasing.
     
    "We are seeing it much more openly which is a very serious concern," said Anu Kaloti from the Migrant Workers Association. "I think societies are becoming more and more intolerant, especially since (Donald) Trump was elected President of the US." Both men have filed complaints with police.
     
    Both men have filed their complaints with the police.
     

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Here's Why Bobby Jindal May Not Be In First Presidential Debate

    Indian-American Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal faces the prospect of being relegated to a secondary forum in the first presidential debate set for August 6 as the prime time main event is limited to only the top 10 candidates.

    Here's Why Bobby Jindal May Not Be In First Presidential Debate

    Indian Fashion Business Student Kartik Verma Wins Prestigious Us Award

    Indian Fashion Business Student Kartik Verma Wins Prestigious Us Award
    Aspiring Indian entrepreneur Kartik Verma has won the 2015 edition of prestigious Global James McGuire Business Plan Competition with his business idea 'Assuage Mom' for the maternity wear market in India.

    Indian Fashion Business Student Kartik Verma Wins Prestigious Us Award

    Antics Of Donald Trump Once Again Steal The Spotlight From Presidential Rivals

    Antics Of Donald Trump Once Again Steal The Spotlight From Presidential Rivals
    WASHINGTON — The cover cartoon on this week's New Yorker offers an apt visual metaphor for the early phase of the 2016 U.S. presidential election: Donald Trump flamboyantly belly-flopping into a pool, clearing out everyone else.

    Antics Of Donald Trump Once Again Steal The Spotlight From Presidential Rivals

    Charanpreet Dhaliwal, Auckland Security Guard Killed By Blow To Head, Kin Scared To Join Probe

    Charanpreet Dhaliwal, Auckland Security Guard Killed By Blow To Head, Kin Scared To Join Probe
    His mother Karanjit Kaur was too frightened to send her other son to New Zealand to attend the three-day inquest into his brother's death that began in the North Shore district court on Wednesday.

    Charanpreet Dhaliwal, Auckland Security Guard Killed By Blow To Head, Kin Scared To Join Probe

    Legacy of Valour: Exhibition In Britain Recalling Indian Soldiers' Valour

    Legacy of Valour: Exhibition In Britain Recalling Indian Soldiers' Valour
    The contribution of Indian soldiers in the First World War will be commemorated at a special exhibition in Britain next month, a media report said on Wednesday.

    Legacy of Valour: Exhibition In Britain Recalling Indian Soldiers' Valour

    Indian-American Doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Cancer Documentary Gets Emmy Nomination

    Indian-American Doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Cancer Documentary Gets Emmy Nomination
    A documentary based on Pulitzer Prize winner and Indian American doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee's book on cancer has been nominated for an Emmy Award that recognises excellence in the television industry.

    Indian-American Doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Cancer Documentary Gets Emmy Nomination