Attack on Congolese national not racial: V K Singh

May 26, 2016 23:17

Terming the murder of a Congolese student in Delhi as a "one-off situation", Union minister V K Singh today refused to call it a case of racial attack even as he asked Indians staying in Africa to be careful, apprehending backlash over the incident.

He also said the government will undertake a senitisation exercise to deal with the issue. Asserting that the government was firmly committed that such incidents "cannot be forgotten", Singh said that Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung has assured that he will see to it that the case gets daily hearing to ensure speedy justice. Singh said the envoys felt the government's actions are very sincere and that's why despite whatever was being said they were present for the Africa Day event organised by ICCR.

"The government of India condemns a heinous crime like this. It was a crime, it is not premeditated, not racial. It has nothing to do with all these things and we assure that based on MEA's immediate action that came through, we rang up the Delhi Police, we rang up the Lt Governor.

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