Author: Agencies
Publication: The Times of India
Date: October 14, 2010
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Assaulted-in-Edinburgh-for-a-good-deed/articleshow/6744894.cms
An Indian-origin man was brutally assaulted
in Britain when he tried to stop a gang of men from attacking a woman. He
was called an "Indian b******".
Pankaj Rawat, an Indian shop assistant, suffered
a broken jaw after being assaulted at Edinburgh's Waverley Bridge on Saturday,
Edinburgh Evening News reported on Wednesday.
Rawat, 21, was walking home when he tried
to intervene to protect the woman on Waverley Bridge.
The gang hurled racial abuses before punching
him to the ground. He was repeatedly kicked during the attack. He was taken
to hospital where in a procedure he had a metal plate fixed to his fractured
jaw. Rawat, who moved from India to Edinburgh 18 months ago, lost his job
due to the attack as shop owners were not able to give him four weeks off
work to recover from his injuries.
