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Indian-origin woman assaulted in New York City’s Queens Subway

By TNP Digital Desk -
  • Updated
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  • 16th December 2018,
  • 3:22 PM

In a shocking incident, a 54-year-old man namely Allasheed Allah has been charged with assault, which is considered a hate crime and aggravated harassment against an Indian-origin woman. Allasheed was brought before the court on Thursday, December 11, 2018, for assaulting a 20-year-old woman as per reports in a leading daily. Allasheed reportedly had attacked the woman in New York City’s Queens borough in November. According to media reports, the incident took place when the woman was travelling on a subway train in Manhattan last month. During her journey in […]

Indian-origin woman assaulted

Man assaults Indian-origin woman in New York City

In a shocking incident, a 54-year-old man namely Allasheed Allah has been charged with assault, which is considered a hate crime and aggravated harassment against an Indian-origin woman. Allasheed was brought before the court on Thursday, December 11, 2018, for assaulting a 20-year-old woman as per reports in a leading daily. Allasheed reportedly had attacked the woman in New York City’s Queens borough in November.

According to media reports, the incident took place when the woman was travelling on a subway train in Manhattan last month. During her journey in the train, Allasheed and the woman identified as Avneet Kaur got engaged in a verbal dispute when the former began making homophobic slurs towards Kaur and her friend, who was also travelling with her. However, in the midst of this situation, both Kaur and her friend tried to walk away from the dispute. However, Allasheed followed them and suddenly attacked Kaur from the back on her head.

The man even laid hands on her chest and pushed her hard which made Kaur fall and hit her head and neck on a pole before getting smashed on the floor. The woman had suffered a spinal fracture after the attack.

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