Three more attacks on Indians in Australia in past fortnight

Mohit Mangal, an Indian student from Indore, was beaten up in a Sydney suburb with beer bottles and baseball bats last Friday barely
500m from the mall he worked in, while external affairs minister SM Krishna was in Australia to reassure students like him.

On August 3, attackers sprayed Gaurav Kakkar of Melbourne's Sheila Baxter Institute with capsicum spray, stuffed chilli flakes into his mouth and eyes and beat him with a rod. On July 27, Paramjeet Singh of Melbourne's Cambridge College was brutally assaulted in Glenroy railway platform.

The attacks continue for the third month running. Kakkar and Singh spoke to TOI on phone on the attacks' details that has shaken them.

Says Kakkar, "I was attacked by 4-5 Australians with capsicum spray and chilli flakes when I went out in North Carlton, Melbourne at 12:45 am to call my parents in Ferozpur, Punjab. They took my wallet." His friend Vikas Sharma adds, "They also hit his leg with a rod."

Kakkar, a hairdressing and management student, called the police from his cell. "The police station is a five-minute drive but they arrived 55 minutes later. I just lay there bleeding. I couldn't move and could barely see with chilli in my eyes," says Kakkar, still in pain.

The police took Kakkar to Royal Victorian Eye and Ears hospital where the doctor administered eye drops and took the X-rays of his legs. "I told the doctor I can't see with my right eye. But he said don't play games with me," says Kakkar. It's been a week but Kakkar says he still cannot see with his right eye.

Kakkar is set to complete his course shortly with four assessments to clear before he can apply for permanent residency. But now, with all his troubles, he's unable to attend college. "His visa is about to expire and he doesn't even have enough money to pay hospital bills," says Sharma.

On July 27, Paramjeet Singh, a 23-year-old student of printing and graphics, was returning home by local train from Ascendant to Glenroy around 4:15 pm local time when 5-6 young men seated behind him began teasing two girls on board. "One of the girls was Indian. When I went to defend her, threatening to press the button that activates the camera on the train, the guys stepped back." But the group beat him black and blue when he got off at Glenroy.

"My pagdi came off and hair fell loose. One White person tried to help me, but the group assaulted him also. They chased me as I raced from one platform to another. They were not afraid of the platforms' CCTV cameras," says Singh, who hails from Amritsar.

"Later, the police came with a para-medical van which gave me first aid. They lodged an FIR. I'm told investigations are going on," says Singh

lol

the monkey bashing is still goin on... expect WWF to get involved...

funny ..how come pakistanis are not targeted ??i mean afterall according to indians we are racially same ??? weird huh.

its the smell dude, the smell....





but seriously tho
why doesn't the indian govt do something about it? cut diplomatic and trade ties till the aussies start acting fine?




I am beginning to like the Aussies now btw :P

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

it was me i did it lol i live in australia lol

thats also a reason why they get beaten up by every other race .they are clearly very unhygiëne ppl.few things which you notice about indians are they smell/they talk big and a lot/they have afwul bunch of body hair...they are quite skinny hideous and and its not just about colour of their skin but has more to do with their features.it sucks to be indian in your social/community life..hehe

btw how do smiley work??

why doesn't the indian govt do something about it? cut diplomatic and trade ties till the aussies start acting fine?

Why doesnt Pakistan do that with America papa who bombs your citizens in your own land? ROFLOL.

btw how do smiley work??

Theres a trick to it, go get a fork and tap it gently to the nearest plug point. That usually works I heard.



==================================
Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin.

I don't know about other Indians, but i love it here!

Arsenal you have to stop wanking over these attack resports lol

Why doesnt Pakistan do that with America papa who bombs your citizens in your own land? ROFLOL.


I won't compare the Aussie-indian problem with Pak-American
india has all its institutions intact and a democratically elected and strong government which has the public backing

Pakistan on the other hand has a govt that was elected under imposed emergency (partial Martial Law) and the people sitting on the top are the ones who have spent their entire lives in Jails
they can't even stand up and say something against india, America is a distant class
We would be fighting a war with india right now over the water bloackage issue if we had something close to what indian govt is


and besides Aussies are not Americans and india can afford to cut ties...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------