New york: Hate crimes in the United States continues unabated. In a recent incident a Sikh cabbie was targeted by passengers who attacked him and snatched his turban.
The incident took place in New York and the victim has been identified as 25-year-old Harkirat Singh.
He told the police that it was a scary experience with a drunk passenger accompanied by three other aides. Singh said that following the experience he was too scared to drive during night.
Singh said that he is too scared to work again and that the incident was an insult to his religion.
Singh told New York Daily News that he had picked up three men and a woman from the Eight Avenue and 30th street, which is few blocks from south Madison Square Garden.
He said that the passengers were sloshed and were unable to give the right direction. They soon started hurling abuses at Singh and started misbehaving in the car.
“They were using bad words. They said, ‘Ali baba, f**k you,” Singh told the New York Daily News.
One of the passenger punched Singh in the arm, and after that snatched his turban. Meanwhile, New York City Police Department (NYPD) has initiated a probe into the incident.