Sikh Uber Driver Racially Abused, Strangulated by Passenger in US; Suspect Arrested

A Sikh Uber driver in the US was racially maltreated and strangulated by a passenger, a media report said.

The occurrence occurred in the seaside city of Bellingham, Washington on December 5 when the Sikh driver picked Grifin Levi Sayers, and The American Bazaar gave an account of Monday referring to The Bellingham Herald as saying in a report.

That day, the Bellingham Police got a 911 call from the driver that his passenger had assaulted him.

The police at that point captured and booked 22-year-old Sayers on doubt of second-degree attack and an inability to-show up a warrant for a fourth-degree ambush. As indicated by police records, he was discharged on $13,000 bail the following day.

The driver told the police that Sayers took the taxi to make a few buys and afterwards came back to the get area. It was now that the traveller got oppressive and got the driver by his throat and pressed it fiercely.

He likewise made racial remarks about the driver's ethnicity.

The driver some way or another figured out how to escape the taxi and made a 911 call. At the point when the police showed up, they had the option to find Sayers close by and captured him.

Abhor wrongdoings against Sikhs in the US have consistently been on the radar for social equality and minority gatherings, The American Bazaar said.

A report discharged simply a month ago, recognised Sikhs as the third biggest most focused on bunches in the nation after Jews and Muslims.

Hostile to Sikh detest wrongdoings rose by an astounding 200 per cent since 2017, as indicated by an FBI report.

Indeed, even as Sikh gatherings and minority associations keep on making endeavours to instruct Americans on Sikhism and the principles of its confidence, Sikhs are regularly erroneously focused on due to their turbans.