Indian cabbie in Aus assaulted

vIndianz.com (20 Jan, 2010) — Melbourne: A 25-year-old Indian cabbie was assaulted in Melbourne by his two passengers, a couple, on Saturday.

Australian police have also released the images of the couple and have asked witnesses to come forward to help them catch the couple who bashed the driver in Melbourne.

Police also added that there was no evidence that the attack was racially motivated.

The Indian driver, whose name was with held, told the Aussie cops that he called an ambulance and was treated for facial injuries at the Northern Hospital after the late Saturday night assault. The driver briefed the poloce that he was stopped at the Summerhill Hotel in Reservoir on Saturday around 1:25 am where five people were asking for a ride. Since his car’s legal capacity permitted only two the driver refused to carry them all. So a couple entered from the group and once inside the woman became angry at the driver for refusing to take her friends with them.

Later the man too punched the driver as he pulled over on Plenty Road and continued to assault him as the couple climbed out of the cab.

The pair caught a tram and got off at a stop across the street from the Rose Shamrock Hotel, continuing on foot down a side street.

In the security camera footage, the man is shown wearing a white T-shirt with a graphic design on the front while the woman is drinking a beverage from an aluminum can.

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