Hate graffiti on Indian Muslim’s shop in US

Los Angeles, July 29

In an apparent hate crime, a 60-year-old Indian-origin Muslim man’s auto parts shop in the US was vandalised with graffiti “go home Indian” and “I will kill you” scrawled over the walls.

Dr Waqar “Vic” Ahmed’s shop in Pahrump, Nevada, was spray painted with graffiti in what is now being investigated as a hate crime.

Ahmed said he had heard the taunts before and experienced attacks on his Indian heritage and Muslim faith in the past, but never anything quite like this.

The Nye County Sheriff’s office said the hateful graffiti was discovered last Sunday in front of the shop.

The business was spray painted with derogatory words against the owner’s religion. Words like “go home Indian”, “foreigner go home”, “camel jockey”, “I will kill you” and “I will get you” were also scrawled on the walls of his shop. No suspects have been identified yet. — PTI