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New York, March 6: A Sikh Council member Rajwant Singh has equaled the situation prevailing in the US, similar to the one which persisted after the 9/11 attacks. “It’s the same situation the community was in after Sikhs were targeted post 9/11. There is deep concern,” Singh was quoted as saying. In the recent days, three attacks on Indians in the US have sent a wave of shock and fear in and around the country.
In a matter of merely 14 days, three attacks on the Indians have been reported from the US which involves, killing of an Indian engineer at a bar in Kansas, murder of a businessman, Harnish Patel, in Lancaster, South Carolina and attack on a Sikh man.
Its the same situation the community was in after Sikhs were targeted post 9/11. There is deep concern: Rajwant Singh,Sikh Council USA pic.twitter.com/LUSfyNnjzD
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 6, 2017
Earlier on Saturday, Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna conveyed deep concerns to US government, on recent tragic incidents involving Hardish Patel and Deep Rai. He underlined the needs to prevent such incidents and sought protection for the Indian community residing in USA.
The State Department on behalf of US government also assured they are working with all agencies concerned to ensure speedy justice.
A 39-year-old Sikh man in the US was injured when an unidentified person shot him outside his home and allegedly shouted “go back to your own country.” The Sikh man was working on his vehicle outside his home in the city of Kent in the Washington state on Friday when he was approached by a stranger, who walked up to the driveway, the Seattle Times reported. (ALSO READ: Kansas shooting: Hindus must wear ‘tika’, ‘bindi’ for safety, reckons Hindu Samhati Chief Tapan Ghosh)
Kent police said an argument broke out between the two men, with the victim saying the suspect made statements to the effect of “go back to your own country.” The unidentified man then shot him in the arm.
It comes close on the heels of the tragic shooting in Kansas last month of 32-year old Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was killed when 51-year old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani before yelling “get out of my country.”
Earlier this week, Indian-origin convenience store owner Harnish Patel, 43, of Lancaster in South Carolina was found dead of gun shot wounds in his yard.
Various rights groups and ethnic Indian organisations are reaching out to people of the community asking them not to succumb to fear and immediately report any incident of hate crime or violence to law enforcement authorities.
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