Tejinder Singh Charged With Hate Crime Against Another Indian American in Fremont, CA
By YASHWANT RAJ
WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) -A Sikh American man has been charged with hate crime against another Indian American in perhaps the first of its kind case.
California prosecutors have charged Tejinder Singh, 37 with hate crime in violation of civil rights, assault, and disturbing the peace by using offensive language.
He is not in custody but on probation and a court date is awaited.
Indians and Indian Americans have been targeted for hateful comments and remarks and even violence. But the incident in California is perhaps the first instance of an Indian American being accused of committing a hate crime against another Indian American. Singh picked on the victim’s religion, his country of birth and his people.
In a video recording of the incident, Singh is seen unloading himself on another customer, who has self-identified himself as Krishnan Jayaraman at a Taco Bell restaurant in California on August 29.
Singh repeatedly called him “dirty ass Hindu,” “ugly ass Hindu” and frequently used the N-word. He switched to Punjabi to abuse Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister who was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.
He mocked Jayaraman’s order of “bean burritos”, which are vegetarian, and the way he looked, and repeatedly pointed to his “open toes”, calling him “disgusting”.
Singh went on to tell Jayaraman that it was “you people” who were the “first to kneel” before the East India Company, the English trading company that led to the colonization of India by the British for more than 200 years.
The man went on to disparage Jayaraman as one of those who came to the US on H-1B visa. The program has been held responsible by its critics for layoffs and the backlash has been felt by Indians working here and Indian Americans at large.
“The part that sucked was that the abuser spit on the counter where food was being served and despite pointing that out, the Taco Bell employees continued serving the food on it,” Jayaraman wrote in a post on twitter, in which he also thanked Fremont police for responding.
moe
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DEPORT this Bastard and others like him.
August 31, 2022shooter
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Was it 12 o clock for this bastard? Baare Bajee Tejinder Singh.
August 31, 2022Nigam
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He was served right. Severe punishment should be given, to set an example.
August 31, 2022R S Chakravarti
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Sikhs were with the British in 1857. Just a retort to his comment ‘first to kneel ……..’. Don’t mistake me, I’m not against any group.
August 31, 2022Mohanan Nair
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Surprising that this idiot has not left behind his dirty behavior in his native village. Dogs’ tail cannot be straightened with any amount of efforts, so let destiny decide his hopeless future.
September 1, 2022Hanumaan Singh
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Glad hindoos are getting taste of your own medicine…. Now do you understand how minorities feel in India. He did know his stuff. South was the portal of entry into India.
September 1, 2022Thillaivel Ranganathan
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Tejinder Singh doesn’t know about Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Velu Nachiyar, Marudhu Pandiyars (Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) were Diarchal Kings of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the 18th century. They were known for fighting against the East India Company.
September 2, 2022Thillaivel Ranganathan
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Tejinder Singh doesn’t know about Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Velu Nachiyar, Marudhu Pandiyars (Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) were Diarchal Kings of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the 18th century. They were known for fighting against the East India Company.
September 2, 2022Akhand Pratap Singh
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These kind of Sikhs = Pakistanis
They were part of India but deny their lineage and in the similar fashion Sikhs and their Guru Nanak was a Hindu first then he started his own franchise of religion.
September 5, 2022