RITU JHA- The daughter of the 61-year-old Sikh man who was badly injured after a white man allegedly rammed his vehicle into the victim and told him to “go back to your country” says the aftermath of the attack has been difficult and that she cannot even visit her father because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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Sikh man told to ‘go back to your country’, hit with car: No hate crime charge
RITU JHA- The Jefferson County district attorney’s office in Colorado is not convinced that the attack on an elderly Sikh man in Lakewood was a hate crime, even if the man who rammed his vehicle into him told him to “go back to your country”. Lakhwant Singh, 61, suffered a broken left arm, broken ribs, […]
2018 Proves to be Deadliest and Most Violent Year for Hate-related Crimes
Ritu Jha- The year 2018 was the deadliest and most violent year for hate since 2001 according to the newly released annual hate crimes report for 2018, released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, the Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the United States calls it just the tip […]
Muslim group hails New York Gov.Cuomo for ordering hate-crime probe into Hindu priest attack
indica News Bureau- The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC ), an advocacy group, has praised New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s directive that the state investigate as a hate crime last week’s attack on a Hindu priest on a Queens, N.Y., street near the temple where the holy man serves, according to a statement released by the […]
Sikh man assaulted in alleged hate crime
The attack happened when he was putting up posters for a Republican Congressman Ritu Jha A Sikh community leader in Stanislaus County, California, was badly beaten while posting campaign signs, July 31. “I have a lot of friends and I am confused, no idea from where it came from,” Surjit Malhi of Turlock, […]