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90577
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:19
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Indian couple in Australia alleges racist attack
Melbourne, Nov 18 (PTI) An Indian couple living in a
Melbourne suburb Wednesday claimed that a group of three
people, including two women, beat them up with an iron rod and
a steel chair in an apparent racist attack.
Rodney Raj and his wife Rathna said they were attacked on
November 14 in their home in Bundoora, 19 km north-east from
the Melbourne central business district.
Describing the ordeal to Indian television channel 'Times
Now', Rodney said at around 10.30 pm, he heard his dog barking
and opened the door to find two girls and a boy on his porch.
He told them to go away.
But after some time, he heard a sound in his garage and
went there to see that a chair has been put atop his car and
they were "scanning my letter-box". When he asked them what
was happening, the man "started running towards me and grabbed
me. I grabbed him back," Rodney said.
"One of the woman grabbed the chair, the other woman had
an iron post. One woman started bashing me with the chair and
the other woman started bashing me with the iron post. I took
3-4 blows before I fell to the ground. The guy sat on me and
started punching me. He landed about 6-7 blows on my face and
kept saying he would kill me," Rodney said.
When her wife rushed in, the girls "started teasing her
and tried to get her clothes off," he claimed. He went to
protect her and took more blows, he said.
There was no police confirmation of the incident, neither
it was reported in Australian media. PTI KAB
Melbourne suburb Wednesday claimed that a group of three
people, including two women, beat them up with an iron rod and
a steel chair in an apparent racist attack.
Rodney Raj and his wife Rathna said they were attacked on
November 14 in their home in Bundoora, 19 km north-east from
the Melbourne central business district.
Describing the ordeal to Indian television channel 'Times
Now', Rodney said at around 10.30 pm, he heard his dog barking
and opened the door to find two girls and a boy on his porch.
He told them to go away.
But after some time, he heard a sound in his garage and
went there to see that a chair has been put atop his car and
they were "scanning my letter-box". When he asked them what
was happening, the man "started running towards me and grabbed
me. I grabbed him back," Rodney said.
"One of the woman grabbed the chair, the other woman had
an iron post. One woman started bashing me with the chair and
the other woman started bashing me with the iron post. I took
3-4 blows before I fell to the ground. The guy sat on me and
started punching me. He landed about 6-7 blows on my face and
kept saying he would kill me," Rodney said.
When her wife rushed in, the girls "started teasing her
and tried to get her clothes off," he claimed. He went to
protect her and took more blows, he said.
There was no police confirmation of the incident, neither
it was reported in Australian media. PTI KAB