Yesterday incident happened in Uttar Pradesh state, where mob attacked Nigerian students and caused grievous injuries that made three students critically injured and admitted in ICU.

The police said hundreds of local residents were marching on Monday in protest against the death of a Class 12 student, when some of them suddenly turned violent, attacking innocent Nigerian students shopping in the area and also even two public people inside a car.

The attackers alleged that the student, Manish Khari, was drugged by Africans who live in the area. who been missing for a day died of a cardiac arrest after a suspected drug overdose on Saturday. Taken the complaint local police initially detained five Nigerians for questioning, but later released them. Local residents have accused several Nigerians living in the area of being a bad influence due to drugs.

The mob gone unabated then the police said they used batons to control the mob that attacked the Africans last evening. Local police have identified and traced 54 locals who were part of the mob that beat up the Nigerians. The Greater Noida police said they have video-graphed the attackers and will initiate legal action against them. Senior cop Sujata Singh also said she expected to make more arrests. "We have arrested six or seven people from the spot. There are more. We will arrest them and put behind bars," Ms Singh said.

UP BJP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has promised a "fair and impartial" investigation into a mob attack on several African students in Greater Noida, Sushma Swaraj responded.

Earlier an African student in Greater Noida had in a tweet, pleaded with Ms Swaraj for swift action, saying that living in Noida has become "a life threatening issue” this tweet and reply from Sushma bought international media focus . Currently African students live mostly in Greater Noida's universities and their security has been strengthened.

Three Nigerians were admitted in a nearby hospital with multiple injuries inside ICU. Seven local residents have been arrested for causing riot.

After BJP government taken in centre there have been several attacks on Africans in and around Delhi, most recently in the capital's Vasant Kunj area, where a Congolese man was stoned to death last week. Last year also Nigerians were beaten up in Delhi's Chhatarpur area but investigation are going at snail pace allege foreign students who's study in Indian Soil.

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