Delhi police on Monday, said they have arrested one person in connection with the brutal assault on a Nigerian student, Ahmed in Malviya Nagar.
After the clip of the Nigerian national being thrashed for
allegedly committing theft went viral, police arrested one and
identified four others in the case.
In the disturbing video, the Nigerian national is seen
screaming and begging for mercy as his attackers keep hitting him with
sticks as he is tied to a post.
The man was allegedly caught in the early hours of
September 24, trying to rob a house in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi,
which has a sizeable population of African students.
Voices in the background can be heard egging on the mob and saying: "Get red chilly. Beat him harder"
"Forgive me!" he cries out, his hands folded, but it
doesn't move his attackers, who keep slapping him and demanding to know
whether he has any hidden money.
According to NDTV, after the brutal assault, he was taken
to the police in that state, with injuries to his head, face, limbs and
back. He was treated in a hospital and later produced before a judge who
sent him to jail. However, no action was taken against attackers till
today.
People in the neighbourhood allegedly told the police that
he was hurt when he fell down the stairs while trying to escape.
However, the video exposes the collective lie.
DCP south, Ishwar Singh said, "He didn't say in the medical
examination that public thrashed him, didn't tell anyone about how he
got injured".
He further added, "We got to know about this today after
the video clip. No one has right to beat him even if there were
allegations. A case has been registered"
"Even if the Nigerian national was stealing, beating him is
not justified; we identified one man from the video and arrested him,
looking for others," added DCP South.
The DCP has also ruled out any possibility of racial
attack, talking to media persons he clarified that the Nigerian national
was beaten up on suspicion of theft.
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