Saturday, January 30, 2010

Indian supposedly attacked by 4 Australians

This is an article from the ABC news website from 9/1/10 titled Indian man set on fire in Melbourne
It is now appearing that he attempted to set his own car on fire to claim insurance and accidently burnt himself. He tried to blame it on 4 Australian attackers. I will attempt to keep you updated as the truth further emerges.

An Indian man is in hospital after being set on fire in the street in Melbourne early this morning.
Jaspreet Singh, 29, was attacked in Essendon in Melbourne's north-west shortly before 2.00am (AEDT).
He had just come home from a dinner party with his wife and went to park his car when four men poured fluid over him and set him alight.
He is in a stable condition in the Alfred Hospital with burns to 20 per cent of his body.
Police say the man is of Indian origin but they do not know whether he is an Australian citizen.
Friends say the man is living in the city on a spouse visa.
Detective acting senior sergeant Neil Smyth says it is not yet known who the four men could be or their relationship to the victim.
He says investigations indicate the attack was random.
"It's unlikely to be a racially motivated incident as due to the timing and the nature, it's highly unlikely anyone could have targeted the victim in the circumstances," he said.
It has been a week since 21-year-old Indian man Nitin Garg was stabbed to death on his way to work in West Footscray.
The murder has sparked outrage in India and among Indians in Melbourne, who say racist attacks are on the rise.
Gautam Gupta from the Federation of Indian Students of Australia says the attacks are unacceptable and the Federal Government must act.
"We are extremely disturbed, we have contacted the Prime Minister's office and have suggested that they intervene, it's high time they intervene," he said.
"How many times are they going to just dodge this issue."

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