A 51-year-old Ola cab driver was allegedly beaten up and robbed of cash by a group of African persons in the wee hours on Monday in a south Delhi locality where African nationals were allegedly attacked by groups of locals in four separate incidents last week.
A 26-year-old woman, identified as Kefa, who is a native of Rwanda, has been arrested and the police are looking out for five other persons involved in the incident in Rajpur Khurd.Nupur Prasad, Additional DCP (south)
The incident took place around 4 am when the group, comprising of four African men and two women, booked a cab through Ola aggregator service, and the driver, identified as Nooruddin, went for the pick up.
Police did not rule out the possibility of some members of the group being drunk at the time of the incident.
The group had booked the cab from Rajpur Khurd village in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area to Dwarka. An argument took place between Nooruddin and the group when he refused to accommodate more than four passengers in his car, a police official said.
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The argument soon turned into a scuffle and the group thrashed Nooruddin. They even allegedly robbed him of Rs 10,000 cash.
The cab driver managed to get hold of Kefa but the others escaped. He then called up the police control room. Nooruddin received deep wounds on his face and had to be given six stitches. He was rushed to AIIMS and Kefa was detained by the police for questioning. A case of causing hurt, wrongful confinement and robbery has been registered in connection with the matter and all accused have been identified.Senior Police Official
At least six African nationals sustained injuries after they were allegedly attacked by locals at Rajpur Khurd in Mehrauli in four separate incidents following arguments over loud music and public drinking around the same time on Thursday night.
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the matter and most arrests are likely, police said.
The alleged attacks happened close on the heels of the murder of a 23-year-old Congolese man in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area around 11 days ago.
African envoys had expressed outrage over the incident, following which India assured them safety and security for all African nationals.
(With PTI inputs)
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