‘I Never Expected Racism to Happen to Me’, Says Sikh Victim of Racial Attack (IL)

Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:00 pm
SUNITA SOHRABJI, India West

... “I have lived in this country for 28 years. I never expected racism to happen to me,” Inderjit Singh Mukker, 53, told India-West ...

The victim said he was in the right lane, and the assailant, who had been in the left lane, pulled into the lane, completely cutting him off and blocking him. Mukker stopped his car when he saw the assailant getting out of his car.

“He started punching me repeatedly like a rubber ball,” said Mukker emotionally, noting that he spent a day in the hospital being treated for lacerations and bruises to his face. He lost consciousness during the attack and was treated at the scene of the crime, as well as the hospital.

As the assailant – who is a juvenile and therefore not being named – reached into Mukker’s car and repeated his blows, he yelled: “Bin Laden, why are you driving this Prius? Go back to your own country,” according to Mukker, a father of two who manages several rental properties ...

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