Edited by Deepali Verma
The Bharatiya mission in the US has assured assistance to a Bharatiya student who was attacked in the city of Chicago by four armed robbers. Syed Mazahir Ali, hails from Hyderabad, was subjected to an attack this week near his house in a chilling video that has since gone viral.
“The Consulate is in touch with Syed Mazahir Ali and his wife back in Bharat Syeda Ruquiya Fatima Razvi and has assured all possible assistance. The Consulate is further in touch with the local authorities who are investigating the case,” the Bharatiya mission said in a post on social media platform X.
‘PLEASE HELP ME’
Mazahir Ali, in the video gone viral, was seen bleeding profusely as he narrated how he was kicked and punched by the robbers who snatched his phone. “Four people attacked me when I was on my way back home with a food packet in my hand. I slipped near my house and the four people kicked and punched me. Please help me,” he said. Once the news about the attack spread, Mazahir Ali’s wife wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, voicing her concern about her husband’s wellbeing.
“After a while, I got in touch with him but he was shocked and unable to speak to me and his entire face was bleeding. I am extremely worried about the safety and security of my husband in Chicago, USA. I request you to help him in getting the best medical treatment and if it is possible kindly make necessary arrangements so that I can travel to the USA along with my three minor children to be with my husband,” she wrote.
ATTACK ON BHARATIYA STUDENTS
Mazahir Ali, resident of Langar Houz in Hyderabad, had moved to the US to pursue a Master’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. The recent attack is lined on the heels of four Bharatiya-origin students being found dead in the United States this year.
In the months gone by, a Bharatiya student Vivek Saini, who was employed part-time at a convenience store in the state of Georgia, was killed by a homeless man for whom he provided health and shelter for many days. The homeless man murdered the Bhartiya student on January 16. Witnesses informed the US local news media outlet WSB-TV that Faulkner attacked Vivek with a hammer late at night after he asked him to leave the store.
