Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said attacks on Indians in Australia have come down since August when he visited the country, but 'occasional attacks' do take place.
His comments at a press meet in Bengaluru came in the wake of an assault on a Sikh youth with the attackers punching his head and removing his turban while he was sleeping at a bus-stop in Melbourne earlier this week.
Krishna said the government has suggested to the Indian community in Australia to get in touch with Consulates in different Australian cities whenever such attacks take place and take it up with them.
Referring to his visit to Australia in August, he said he had discussed the matter with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other leaders.
Indians have been targets of a spate of attacks, suspected to be racial in nature, in Melbourne and Sydney, causing concern in the country. Australia has given repeated assurances, including at the highest levels, that the government had 'zero tolerance' towards the attacks and several measures had been put in place to stop them.
