Tanzanian Student Attacked

Tanzanian High Commissioner to India on Friday backed the steps taken by the government in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru even as four more persons were arrested and two police officials suspended.

Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda today asked the Karnataka government to form a special squad to keep a watch on foreign students, in the wake of an alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru.

Three Bengaluru policemen have been suspended and nine people arrested over the mob attack on Sunday on a Tanzanian woman who was beaten and stripped on a road. The Tanzanian envoy, who has called it a "racist attack", is in the city along with senior Indian foreign ministry officials.

In her statement to the police, the Tanzanian woman who was attacked by a mob on Sunday has described a harrowing chase on the roads of Bengaluru. She and her friends have alleged that she was stripped and paraded, though the state government has denied it.

Concerned over alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman, the Centre today sought a report from the Karnataka government and action taken against the perpetrators of the crime.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parmeshwara today said the Tanzanian student who was allegedly beaten up by a mob in Bengaluru was not stripped or paraded naked.

Battling outrage over the mob attack on a young Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru on Sunday night, the Karnataka government today denied that she was stripped and paraded and said it was "definitely not a race attack".

Are Indians racists? The question appeared to dominate social media and prime-time TV shows in the country on Wednesday after a disturbing incident earlier this week.

A young Tanzanian woman was beaten up and stripped on a road in Bengaluru, prompting the Tanzanian embassy to ask the government to take action against her attackers.

Tanzanian High Commissioner to India on Friday backed the steps taken by the government in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru even as four more persons were arrested and two police officials suspended.

Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda today asked the Karnataka government to form a special squad to keep a watch on foreign students, in the wake of an alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru.

Three Bengaluru policemen have been suspended and nine people arrested over the mob attack on Sunday on a Tanzanian woman who was beaten and stripped on a road. The Tanzanian envoy, who has called it a "racist attack", is in the city along with senior Indian foreign ministry officials.

In her statement to the police, the Tanzanian woman who was attacked by a mob on Sunday has described a harrowing chase on the roads of Bengaluru. She and her friends have alleged that she was stripped and paraded, though the state government has denied it.

Concerned over alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian woman, the Centre today sought a report from the Karnataka government and action taken against the perpetrators of the crime.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parmeshwara today said the Tanzanian student who was allegedly beaten up by a mob in Bengaluru was not stripped or paraded naked.

Battling outrage over the mob attack on a young Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru on Sunday night, the Karnataka government today denied that she was stripped and paraded and said it was "definitely not a race attack".

Are Indians racists? The question appeared to dominate social media and prime-time TV shows in the country on Wednesday after a disturbing incident earlier this week.

A young Tanzanian woman was beaten up and stripped on a road in Bengaluru, prompting the Tanzanian embassy to ask the government to take action against her attackers.