African woman dragged out of auto, assaulted in Greater Noida; FIR lodged

New Delhi: A Kenyan woman was dragged out of an auto in which she was travelling and assaulted by unidentified persons during the wee hours of the day in Greater Noida. The shocking incident reportedly took place near Knowledge Park where a group of men stopped the auto and slapped her. A case has been registered and a hunt is on to nab the culprits. The student was admitted to Kailash hospital and was later discharged. The attack against the woman comes a day after a video emerged of an African national being brutally beaten up by a large group of men in Ansal Mall. Last Friday, after a 19-year-old student named Manish went missing in the enclave, a mob entered a house of Nigerians, accused them of cannibalism and searched their refrigerator. Two Nigerian students were taken into protective custody by the police. On Saturday, Manish Khari was found semi-conscious nearby. He was admitted to hospital, where he passed away in the evening, following which the parents filed an FIR against their five Nigerian neighbours, accusing them of murder and poisoning. Both Nigerians were released by the police on Sunday following protests by African students. Police confirmed that the suspicion of cannibalism was misplaced and there was no evidence to link the Nigerians to Manish's mysterious death due to "unknown poisoning". The Association of African Students in India has asked students not to step out of their homes till Thursday. "We demand that the Indian government take steps to protect the lives and properties of Africans and compensate us for all the damage. We demand justice and a fair hearing for all victims. We have heard promises again and again from police in that people will be sensitised and things will get safer. We want implementation. How can there be south-south cooperation and business between us when we are attacked on bizarre rumours like cannibalism?" AASI president Samuel Jack said.