The two Nigerians were badly beaten with cricket and baseball bats by a group of 12 men after one of them
scolded a boy for hurling a water-filled balloon at him in New Delhi on
Sunday, March 20, local media reports.
The
victims, Evwrirhe Isaac, a football coach with a soccer club in Gulmohar
Bagh, and his roommate, Abdul are yet to return to their house in Dwaka
Mor since the incident because they have been receiving threatening
calls.
"We are so scared… we are staying in my
friend’s home and planning to leave this area. But we will fight and
will try to get justice," said Isaac.
Most of the residents told police they were not at home at the time of the attack, others claimed they knew nothing about it,
"We have registered a case under several appropriate sections of the
Indian Penal Code at Uttam Nagar police station and efforts are on to
nab the accused,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Pushpendra Kumar
told the newspaper.
Isaac said he was on his way to the market when a boy hurled a
water-filled balloon at him. This angered Isaac and he caught hold of
the boy and scolded him. He left the boy with a shopkeeper. Once he
left, the boy's brother arrived at the shop and the shopkeepers told him
what happened.
"Within minutes, some people knocked on my door and began shouting.
They then barged inside, ransacked my home and assaulted me and my
roommate Aliyu Abdul," said Isaac.
Speaking of the incident, his roommate Abdul said, "I kept telling
them that I was not with Isaac during the incident, but they did not
stop.”
Isaac claimed police registered a case only after senior officers
intervened. "I went to the police station and requested them to help me
out, but they refused to help, saying there was a strike going on in a
government hospital, so they could not take me anywhere," he added.
Isaac, who have been in India for eight years and has played for leading football clubs, said:
"I
have been living in Dwarka for three years in a rented accomodation. I
am used to people passing racist remarks, I have always ignored them.
But what happened with us on Sunday was something beyond racism. We were
beaten up so badly---we could have been killed."
Source: Indian Express
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