Another Indian student attacked

A 23-year old Indian student was attacked,robbed and left unconscious near city police headquarters in a fresh case of racial abuse here.

Two drunk men approached Neeraj Bhardwaj when he was waiting for a tram near Melbourne Aquarium on Easter Monday,the Age reported on Tuesday. The men,who Bhardwaj said were white and in their 20s,demanded his wallet. Even after Bhardwaj gave them his wallet,one man punched him several times in the face until he turned unconscious.

Bhardwaj said the men left immediately but returned 15 minutes later and punched him again,one of them screaming: Go back to your own country.

The assault left Bhardwaj with a damaged left eye,broken nose,headache and sore ribs. He said the doctors told him his left eye had lost 80 to 90 per cent of its capacity and might never recover.