As many as five persons were on Tuesday arrested in connection with the assault on four Nigerian nationals in Greater Noida.
The development comes soon after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the issue.
A foreign student had pleaded with her for swift action, saying living in the area was becoming a ‘life threatening’ issue.
Swaraj said the central government was taking immediate action and that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had assured her of a fair and impartial investigation into this ‘unfortunate’ incident.
‘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.
The incident happened after locals protested following the death of a Class 12 student in Greater Noida’s NSG Black Cats Enclave due to suspected drug overdose and five Nigerian students living in the neighbourhood were booked — and later detained — in connection with the case.
The students were later released for lack of evidence.
Over 100 locals held a protest at the busy junction demanding that all Africans living in residential colonies in Greater Noida be asked to vacate their rented houses immediately.
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.
With inputs from ANI
Source: Rediff