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An Australian-based Sikh restaurant owner reports enduring racial harassment, including being told to "go home" and facing dog excrement on his car. Jarnail Singh, facing continuous harassment for months, stressed the mental strain caused. Despite reporting to the police, identifying the perpetrators remains a challenge.    #Sikhs #Australia #Australiaracism #Australianews #Indians #HindusinAustralia  #Worldnews  #OneIndia #OneIndianews                  ~HT.178~GR.125~

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00:00 An Australia-based Sikh restaurant owner has claimed that he has been the target of racist

00:06 taunts on multiple occasions in the past few months, including being told to go home and

00:11 having dog poop smeared on his car.

00:15 According to local media, Jarnal Singh, the owner of a restaurant in Hobart, Tasmania,

00:20 has claimed that he has been a target of constant harassment for the past two to three months.

00:25 Singh was cited as saying, "Never ever has this happened to me before," and "It's been

00:30 continuous over the last two to three months.

00:32 Having your house targeted, especially when it bears your name, can be extremely stressful

00:36 mentally.

00:37 There is excessive mental strain."

00:40 Singh further told the media that something needs to be done by the administration.

00:45 The Sikh man reported the incident to the police but little could be done to identify

00:49 the perpetrator in the absence of any video evidence.

00:53 After reporting the racist remarks in a letter to the police, Singh initially thought it

00:57 was written by a young person and tried his best to ignore it.

01:01 But months later, Singh received another letter that was more insulting than the first, with

01:05 remarks like "You can back off" or "You can buck off" to your country and threats to damage

01:11 his car at his home or his place of employment.

01:15 Ten of Singh's 15 years in Australia have been spent in Tasmania.

01:20 In a formal statement, Tasmania Police Commander Jason Elmer stated that the incident has been

01:24 reported to the authorities and is under investigation.

01:27 In Australia, incidents of abuse and hate crimes directed towards Indians have increased

01:32 recently.

01:33 However, racial abuse for Indian descent has long been a problem.

01:37 The Australian government has taken action to address the issue after realising how serious

01:42 it is to guarantee that Indian Australians feel safe and accepted in Australian society,

01:47 as well as they are shielded from abuse and hate crimes, more work still needs to be done.

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