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MA Indian American Deliveryman Hospitalized after Hate Attack for Being Iraqi
Michael Liu
thanks to Eun-Joung Lee
Asian American Resource Workshop
7/1/03
South Asians and other Asian Americans are organizing to protest a brutal
hate crime in southeastern Massachusetts. Four men tortured, stabbed,
and kidnapped a Indian graduate student, who was delivering fast food
as his part time job.
Saurabh Bhalerao, worked for Sarducci's Subs and delivered a pizza on Sunday
night, where four men attacked him. The men originally intended to rob Bhalerao,
but decided to assault him because they considered him a Muslim. They told
him he should “go back to Iraq." According to police, he tried to
explain that he was Hindu. The attackers beat him with a chair and kicked Bhalerao
so badly that they broke his jaw.
They then hog-tied him and stuffed clothes in his mouth to prevent him from
calling out for help. They then forced Bhalerao into the trunk of his own car
and drove him to another town, and stabbed him three times in before running
away, the police said.
Two teenage girls who were driving by picked him up off the street called the
police. He is recovering after undergoing emergency surgery.
Police have arrested three of the attackers. The three are Tyrell Tavarez and
Ryan Marsh, both 17, and Christopher Pereira, 20, all of New Bedford.
A coalition of Indian American organizations along with various other community
organizations are holding a rally this Wednesday, July 2 at 7:30pm on the steps
of the New Bedford City Hall, to raise funds for the victim and to press for
the fullest prosecution. The police expect to file civil rights charges.
The Indian American Forum for Political Education is collecting funds for this
cause, the funds collected will be used for Saurabh's recovery and his needs.
Please write your check to:
IAFPE - MA
C/o Satya Mitra, Treasurer
The Guru Tax & Financial Services
33 Waldo Street, 3rd Floor.
Worcester, MA 01608
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Rally Against Hate Crimes"
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
7:30 PM
New Bedford City Hall
133 William Street
New Bedford, MA
