Sikh student attacked in Canada, pulled off turban by hair, friend in shock

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Sikh student assaulted in Canada : Big news is coming out of Canada. In a hate attack in British Columbia province here, a 21-year-old Sikh student was attacked by some unidentified men, stripped of his turban and dragged by his hair to the side of the road. This news is running prominently in the media. According to the news of ‘CTV’, Gagandeep Singh was attacked on Friday night when he was returning home.

Counselor Mohini Singh told that she came to know about the attack soon after and she went to meet Gagandeep. He told the news channel that I was surprised to see him. He could not even open his mouth. Singh told that Gagandeep’s eyes were swollen and he was in a lot of pain. The counselor told that Gagandeep was going home after grocery shopping at around 10.30 pm when he encountered 12-15 youths in the bus. He said that they started harassing him and threw a ‘wig’ towards him. The student told him not to disturb him, otherwise he would call the police. However, they did not stop and continued to harass her. After this Gagandeep got down from the bus.

Wounds on face, stomach, arms and legs

Counselor Mohini Singh said that they too got down after him and started waiting for the bus to leave. After that they attacked him, hit him on the face, stomach, hands and feet… took off his turban and pulled him by the hair and threw him on the dirty snow by the roadside. The attackers took his turban with them. Gagandeep called a friend after regaining consciousness.

Fellow students deeply troubled and scared by the attack

Mohini Singh further said that Gagandeep’s friends and international fellow students are very upset and scared of the attack. A meeting was held at the bus stop on Sunday in which they shared their security issues with each other. Singh said that Gagandeep being a Sikh and an Indian was definitely the reason for the attack on him. In a statement, the Kelowna Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed the investigation. Constable Mike Della-Pauler said the Kelowna RCMP is taking this very seriously and is concerned about crimes like this happening in the city.

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