Four more held for beating Nigerian in Delhi

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said it had arrested four more persons on the charge of beating up a Nigerian in south Delhi about a fortnight ago.

Police said those arrested from the Malviya Nagar area early Tuesday morning were Sanjay, Kamal Kant and Mahavir and Mukesh Kumar. The latter two are the younger brothers of prime accused Krishan Kumar who was arrested on Monday evening.

Krishan Kumar was arrested soon after police came to know about the assault after a video clipping of the assault on Nigerian Ahmed went viral.

"Ahmed was kicked, slapped and beaten up with batons. Eventually, his feet were tied with a rope to a pillar nearby, following which he bled profusely from the head," a senior police officer said.

Police said the assault occurred on September 24, when Ahmed was allegedly caught on suspicion of attempted theft in Krishan Kumar's residence at Savitri Nagar. Krishan Kumar had filed an FIR against Ahmed that night. Ahmed is presently in judicial custody.

Earlier this year, attacks on nationals from several African countries in Delhi and Noida were described by envoys of these nations as "xenophobic and racial".

In two attacks caught on camera in April, four Nigerians were assaulted by a large group of people taking out a candlelight march at Greater Noida to denounce the death of a boy due to suspected drug overdose. A Nigerian student was also beaten inside a mall.

--IANS

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