Ola driver thrashed by Africans in South Delhi

A taxi driver was allegedly beaten up by a group of Africans, including two women, early on Monday in South Delhi’s Rajpur Khurd, Chhattarpur, the locality in which a number of Africans were attacked by groups of locals in four separate incidents last week. The incident took place around 4 am when the Ola cab driver, identified as Nuruddin, went to pick up passengers from Rajpur Khurd.

There were six passengers — four African men and two women. An altercation took place between Nuruddin and the passengers when he refused to accommodate all six of them in his cab, a senior police official said.

“He denied the ride as six passengers in a single cab is nor permissible. The passengers got into a scuffle with the driver,” added the police official.

The group of Africans then allegedly attacked Nuruddin and ran away. The injured driver, however, managed to stop one woman, who is believed to be from Rwanda, and called up the police.

According to the driver, the taxi with numberplate DL1YE5087 was booked through Ola to go from Rajpur to Dwarka. The driver, who sustained injuries on his face in the altercation, is presently being treated at the AIIMS Trauma Centre.

Nuruddin was rushed to AIIMS and the woman has been detained for questioning. A case has been registered and efforts are on to identify the other accused persons, the police official added.

“We have identified the woman who had booked the cab. She has been asked to join the investigation. Persons involved in the crime will be arrested,” said a senior police official.

There have been a series of attacks on Africans in the last few days, including killing of a Congolese youth in Vasant Kunj and assault on a 23-year-old Nigerian student in Hyderabad. Five persons have been arrested in connection with the series of attacks on the Africans.