In response to the recent attacks on Indians in the US, the White House has said that there is no excuse for violence based on race, gender or any other factor and termed it “unacceptable.”
“There’s no excuse for violence, certainly based on race or gender or religion or any other factor. That’s just unacceptable here in the United States and the president and his administration has been working very, very hard to make sure we’re doing everything we can to work with state and local authorities to try to thwart and disrupt those kinds of attacks and make it clear to anybody who might consider them that they’ll be held properly accountable,” White House official John Kirby said.
Kirby stated that the US government has been trying really hard to stop these kind of attacks.
“The president and this administration have been working very, very hard to make sure we’re doing everything we can to work with state and local authorities to try to thwart and disrupt those kinds of attacks and make it clear to anybody who might consider them that they’ll be held properly accountable,” Kirby noted.
Kirby’s statement comes amid numerous reports of attacks and deaths of Indian-origin students in different parts of America since January 2024.
In the latest incident, Vivek Taneja, a 41-year-old Indian-origin executive, died after suffering life-threatening injuries in the United States after he was assaulted during an altercation outside a restaurant in Washington.
On February 4, an Indian student was brutally attacked in Chicago on February 4.
In January, Vivek Saini, a 25-year-old Indian-origin graduate was hammered to death by a homeless drug addict. The incident caught on camera shows that Saini was struck multiple times.
There are an estimated 2,70,000 Indian students in the US. The statement comes days after Eric Garcetti, the US Ambassador to India, on said the Biden-led administration is “very committed” to assure Indians that the US is a “wonderful and safe” place to pursue higher studies.
