Sushma Swaraj seeks report over attack on Sikh boy in US
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS) : External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the Indian Embassy in the US following reports of an attack on a Sikh schoolboy in Washington.
“I have seen news reports about the beating of a Sikh boy in US. I have asked @IndianEmbassyUS to send me a report on the incident,” Swaraj tweeted on Saturday.
The 14-year-old boy was beaten up by a classmate in Kent city on October 26. Media reports has quoted the victim's father as claiming that racial hatred was behind the incident.
has claimed , with his father claiming that the victim was targeted as he is of Indian descent, the media reported.
The victim’s father said he felt pain each time he looked at the video of the boy being beaten up “I am feeling so, so bad because this happened with my son. They beat him from the backside and hurt him too much."
However, school officials said the attack was not religiously or racially motivated, but was continuation of an earlier classroom dispute.
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