In a recent incident, a 23-year-old Nigerian student was hit by an iron rod and thrashed in Hyderabad. It is said that an argument took place before beating the student over parking space. The incident comes days after a youth from Congo was beaten to death in south Delhi.

According to the police, an argument broke out between the Nigerian named Ghazeem, who is studying a third-year degree in a city college resides at Singadabasti locality in Banjara Hills area and Mohd Gafoor. Ghazeem said to be parked his vehicle in front of Gafoor’s building, despite him being told to park it in his own apartment complex.

But, Ghazeem refused to remove his vehicle after which the fight broke out. Later, Gafoor took out a rod and hit Ghazeem on his head resulting in bad injuries. Police said that a case was registered under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the accused has been arrested.

“We have arrested the accused, it’s a case of car parking misunderstanding, not a racial crime,” said Anjani Kumar, Hyderabad Police. Meanwhile, the Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj asked a report from the state government about the incident.

Outraged over the killing, African countries have demanded concrete steps against ‘racism and Afro-phobia’ and sought deferment of the celebrations of Africa Day by India, which assured them of safety and security of their nationals.