File photo of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Reuters)
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday about the alleged attack on Nigerian students in Noida.
This came after after a foreign student, Sadiq, requested her to intervene, saying living in the area was becoming a “life threatening” issue.
Sadiq – Government of India is seized of the matter. We are taking immediate action. https://t.co/SRdS2QGuj1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 28, 2017
Swaraj said the central government was taking immediate action and that UP Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi had assured her of a fair and impartial investigation into this “unfortunate” incident. She has also asked for a report.
“I have spoken to Yogi Adityanath ji Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh about attack on African students in Greater Noida. He has assured that there will be a fair and impartial investigation into this unfortunate incident (sic),” she said in a series of tweets.
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Responding to a tweet from a student who requested her to “act fast as living for us in Noida is becoming a life threatening issue”, she said that the central government was seized of the matter. “We are taking immediate action,” she added.