“There is no justification for violence”: US on assaults on Indian students

In response to recent assaults on Indian students in the US, the White House said that violence against anyone on the basis of their ethnicity, gender, or any other characteristic is unacceptable in the US and that there is no justification for it.

John Kirby, the National Security Council’s Coordinator for Strategic Communications, said during a press briefing on Thursday (local time) that US President Joe Biden and his administration have been making a lot of effort to try to thwart and disrupt these kinds of attacks.

There’s no justification for violence, especially when it’s motivated by a person’s color, gender, religion, or any other element, he stated in answer to a question about recent assaults on Indian students and worries expressed by parents about sending their kids to the US. The President and his administration have been working extremely hard to ensure that we’re doing everything we can to work with state and local authorities to try to thwart and disrupt those kinds of attacks and make it clear to anybody who might consider them that they’ll be held properly accountable. That is simply unacceptable here in the United States.”

The declaration is made in the midst of an abrupt rise in assaults against and fatalities among Indians and Indian-Americans in the US.
A 41-year-old man of Indian descent passed away in the United States on February 7, according to authorities, days after being assaulted in downtown Washington and receiving life-threatening injuries. The deceased was identified by the authorities as Alexandria, Virginia resident Vivek Taneja.

Taneja was taken to the hospital for treatment after the incident, which happened on February 2 at about 2:00 a.m. (local time), according to the police report.
Officers from the Second District responded to the given address on Friday, February 2, 2024, at about 2:00 a.m. in response to complaints of an attack. Officers arrived and found an adult male victim of an attack with potentially fatal injuries. According to the official notification from the Metropolitan Police Department, the victim was taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
However, on February 7, he was declared dead after succumbing to his condition owing to serious injuries. The suspect’s identity and whereabouts have been put out by the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police.

On February 4, a vicious incident occurred in Chicago on an Indian student. The Indian Consulate in Chicago said that it was in communication with Syed Mazahir Ali, the victim, and his wife in India after the incident.

Videos that appeared on social media showed Ali visibly bleeding as he spoke about the horrifying event. Meanwhile, three assailants were pursuing Ali through the streets of Chicago in another video that went viral on social media and seemed to be CCTV footage of the assault.

Shreyas Reddy, an Indian student studying in the United States, was discovered dead in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. However, the reason of his death is still a mystery. Reddy was reportedly enrolled in the Linder School of Business.
The Tippecanoe County Coroner said that Neel Acharya, a Purdue University student, was discovered dead on January 30 after being missing for several days.
Earlier, a homeless guy inside a business in Lithonia, Georgia, US, mercilessly murdered another Indian student, Vivek Saini, by repeatedly striking him with a hammer. Social media users shared a video of the event, although it’s unclear when it really happened.