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Attack on Nigerians: Five arrested by Noida Police

African nationals assaulted in Greater Noida over local boy's death
27 Mar 2017
  • Greater Noida residents assaulted several Nigerian nationals and allegedly abducted a girl after accusing them of drugging a local teen youth.
  • Class 12 student Manish Khari died of a cardiac arrest on March 26 due to a suspected drug overdose.
  • A peaceful protest march over his death turned violent after protesters saw the Nigerians shopping at a local store near Pari Chowk.

    • What happened?
    Events
  • A Nigerian girl went missing from 7pm and was found over three hours later at a hospital, but police denied any abduction.
  • After locals' complaints, police also picked up five Nigerians for questioning and confiscated their passports, but they were released due to lack of evidence.
  • Five people have been held for their involvement in the violence; more arrests are expected.

    • Residents vs African nationals
    Viewpoints
  • Greater Noida residents are unhappy with the growing population of Africans, who they allege create menace in the locality.
  • Many demand eviction of Africans living on rent.
  • Meanwhile, Africans claimed the violence was racial.
  • "As an international student, you need to act fast as living for us in Noida is becoming a life threatening issue," tweeted Sadiq Bello to Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

    • Africans assaulted in Noida: Swaraj assures "immediate action"
    28 Mar 2017
  • After Noida resident Sadiq Bello tweeted to Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj seeking help for African nationals, she spoke to UP CM Yogi Adityanath, who assured a "fair and impartial" investigation into the recent Greater Noida violence.
  • Earlier, she had asked for a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the matter, and had assured Bello that the Government of India was "taking immediate action".

    • Attack on Nigerians: Five arrested by Noida Police
    28 Mar 2017
  • Five people were arrested by Noida police over the recent attack on four Nigerian students.
  • Assistant Director General (law and order), Daljeet Chaudhary said "FIR registered, action will be taken accordingly."
  • UP Chief Minister Adityanath has promised to conduct a "fair investigation" into the matter.
  • One of the assaulted students said "No one called the police. Even our college did not help."



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