Washington US January 9, ANI The US said that it was deeply disturbed by the reports of an attack on a Sikh taxi driver at John F Kennedy Airport in New York City and stressed that the country has a responsibility to hold perpetrators of hate crimes accountable for their actions.
The US State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian AffairsCentral Asian Affairs said on Sunday that the US State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian AffairsCentral Asian Affairs deeply disturbed by reports of an attack on a Sikh taxi driver at John F. Kennedy Airport.
The State Department said our diversity makes the US stronger and we condemn hate-based violence.
The State Department said that no matter where such crimes occur, we all have a responsibility to hold perpetrators of hate crimes accountable for their actions. It came after the Indian Consulate General in New York termed the assault on a Sikh taxi driver at John F Kennedy International Airport as deeply disturbing on Saturday, and informed that it had taken up the matter with the US authorities and urged them to investigate the incident.
The assault against a Sikh taxi driver in New York is deeply disturbing. We have taken up the matter with the US authorities and urged them to investigate this violent incident, said the Consulate General of India in New York.