On Monday, a few African students were beaten up in Noida which led to serious injuries. A day after this incident, a Nigerian student tweeted the Union Minister Sushma Swaraj. He said that “living for us in Noida is becoming a life-threatening issue.” The minister spoke to Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath on Tuesday morning regarding the incident and also addressed the student and said, the government “will take immediate action.”
@SushmaSwaraj as an international student in noida, you need to act fast as living for us in Noida is becoming a life threatening issue
— Sadiq Bello (@Sadiq8800) March 28, 2017
The incident was one of the many attacks on Africans in New Delhi, Bengaluru and few other places in the city. The students, yesterday evening, were severely injured after they were attacked by local people of the Noida’s Pari Chowk in UP. The Minister also tweeted that the UP CM has promised a ‘fair and impartial investigation’.
Sadiq – Government of India is seized of the matter. We are taking immediate action. https://t.co/SRdS2QGuj1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 28, 2017
This incident was initiated after a Class 12 student died of drug overdose and protests started in the Pari Chowk area. The locals beat up the foreign students in this tussle. Also, the police following a stereotype, ‘Nigerian’s sell drugs’, arrested five students and released them after finding no evidence.
I have spoken to Yogi Adityanath ji Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh about attack on African students in Greater Noida. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 28, 2017
He has assured that there will be a fair and impartial investigation into this unfortunate incident. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 28, 2017
These released students were then beaten up by the residents of the area where the class 12 student resided. They also accused these students and said that they were responsible for the student’s death.
This incident was followed by the residential colonies of Greater Noida asking all the Africans living there to vacate their rented houses with immediate effect.
