Sikh store-owner stabbed to death in US
New York, Aug 17 : A Sikh store-owner has been stabbed to death in the US state of New Jersey, in a third incident targeting the community in the country in the last three weeks.
Terlok Singh was found dead by his cousin Karnail Singh on Thursday in his East Orange suburb store with apparent stab wounds, WABC TV reported.
The assailant had put a knife in his chest, Karnail Singh told the station. Terlok Singh had a wife and children in India. He owned Park Deli and Grocery store in the US to support them.
The Essex County Prosecutor's office called the incident a homicide, reported ABC7NY. WNBC TV reported that the police did not have a motive for the killing and had made no arrest as of Thursday evening.
A worker interviewed from a nearby petrol station said he found Terlok Singh's body in a puddle of blood in the bathroom of the store.
Customers who spoke to the TV said the victim was "extremely generous". One of them, Anthony Pointdexter, said Terlok Singh was a "great guy and never bothered anybody".
Two Sikhs were attacked in separate incidents in California over the past few weeks, but they survived the assaults.
On July 31 in Keyes, Surjit Singh Malhi, 50, was attacked by two men when he was putting up a campaign sign for Republican Congressman Jeff Denham, KCRA TV said.
Malhi said they shouted at him, beat him and spray-painted his truck with a white nationalist symbol and wrote "go back to your country" on it, according to the station.
Malhi said that his turban saved him by acting like a helmet and absorbing the blows. The police were considering it a hate crime. On August 6, Sahib Singh Natt, 71, was thrown to the ground and spat on by two people in Manteca, about 40 km from Keyes.
The police arrested two teenagers and charged them with attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon, but not a hate crime.
One of them, Tyrone McAllister, 18, an African American, is the son of police chief Darryl McAllister of Union City.
Earlier, an Indian woman, Sasikala Narra, and her six-year-old son were stabbed to death in another New Jersey town, Maple Shade, in March 2017 but that case has not been solved.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
