Tanzanian Student Not Stripped, Says Karnataka Home Minister: Highlights

New Delhi: Karnataka Home Minister G Parmeshwara today said the Tanzanian student in Bengaluru was not stripped or paraded naked. Below are the highlights of his press conference:

• 5 accused are being interrogated by police officials. We ave already informed external affairs ministry about it.
• There are 12,000 foreign students in Bengaluru, their protection is our duty. These kind of incidents should not happen.
• We are taking this case very seriously.
• 'We are investigating any kind of lapse in the probe
•  The incident is condemnable, will assure security of students
• We will not protect them (culprits), we will take action according to law
• This is not a racist attack, this is just a response to an accident. Bengaluru doesn't have such kind of attitude
• There was no mention of being stripped or paraded in the student's statement