‘Dirty Hindu’: Indian-American man hurls racist abuse at one other in US, charged with hate crime

Days after the Plano Police Department in Texas arrested a lady for vilifying 4 Indian ladies for his or her ethnicity, a brand new video has surfaced on social media the place an Indian-American man could be seen hurling racial slurs at one other Indian.

The incident reportedly occurred in California’s Fremont on August 21 when Krishnan Jayaraman was abused and known as a “dirty Hindu” by 37-year-old Tejinder Singh, who additionally occurs to be of Indian descent.

According to the media web site KTLA, Singh spat on Krishnan and abused him for being a Hindu. “You Hindus are a shame, disgusting,” mentioned Singh.

The video of the incident was extensively shared on social media. In the video, Singh could be heard utilizing the N-word, and repeatedly calling the individual behind the digicam, Krishnan, disgusting and nasty. “This ain’t India,” the abuser railed.

Krishnan was perturbed over the truth that the individual abusing him was additionally an Indian. He was frightened that the abuser may comply with him to inflict extra hurt, so he known as the police.

Fremont Police have charged Tejinder Singh with a hate crime in violation of civil rights, assault and disturbing the peace utilizing offensive language.

While the Fremont Police is investigating the matter, Police Chief Sean Washington addressed the neighborhood on social media. He termed the incident despicable and guaranteed the respectable motion in opposition to hate crimes.

“We take hate incidents and hate crimes seriously and understand the significant impact they have on our community. These incidents are despicable. We are here to protect all community members, regardless of their gender, race, nationality, religion, and other differences,” the assertion by Police Chief Sean Washington reads.

“We would like to urge the community to be respectful of each other and to immediately report any circumstances such as this that, upon investigation, may rise to the level of a crime. In the event of a hate crime, we will devote all available resources to follow up and investigate,” Sean added.

Rohit Khanna, a US House representative from California, took to Twitter to condemn the incident. “We must condemn every form of discrimination, including hate directed at Hindus,” he wrote.

We should condemn each type of discrimination, together with hate directed at Hindus. The current hate crime in Fremont is disturbing.

I’m glad regulation enforcement is displaying zero tolerance for this habits. Our district should respect all faiths.https://t.co/wbIT0QUtx4

— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) August 31, 2022

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