AMN /NEW DELHI
Soon after four Nigerian students sustained injuries after being attacked by a group of local residents in Greater Noida’s Pari Chowk area in Uttar Pradesh, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj Monday asked for a detail report from the state government.
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I have asked for a report from Government of Uttar Pradesh about the reported attack on African students in Noida.
The incident took place around 6 pm today, when local residents raised slogans demanding that all Africans living in residential colonies in Greater Noida be asked to vacate their rented houses immediately.
The protests come after a Class 12 student in Greater Noida’s NSG Black Cats Enclave died of a suspected drug overdose and five Nigerian students living in the neighbourhood were booked – and later detained – in connection with the case. The students were later released for lack of evidence.
The 19-year-old victim Manish Khari had gone missing on Friday evening, locals who claimed to have seen the boy last with a group of Nigerians, raided their houses and accused them of cannibalism. The police have registered a case for attempt to murder in Monay’s violence and have arrested five people.
