:dateline:Merely 10 days after a racial attack on an Uber Sikh driver in Washington, another such incident of hate crime against Sikhs has come to fore in California. A Sikh taxi driver named Baljeet Singh Sidhu was brutally assaulted and hit with a barbeque grill cover on the head in front of his house in California on December 15.
Sharing the details with media, Baljeet Singh Sidhu informed that he works as a mail carrier and an Uber driver in California. “When I was parking my car in my home near Hilltop Mall, Richmond, California on December 15, a man came up to my car and demanded lighter but I couldn’t fulfill his demand as I didn’t have lighter, after which he left,” he said while adding that the assaulter again came back to him demanding ride against the $5 he had.
“As it looked suspicious, I again said no to him by saying that my shift was over,” informed Baljeet Singh Sidhu.
He further informed that the man again came back with a barbeque grill cover and hit him repeatedly leaving many cuts, bumps and bruises. �
Baljeet Singh’s family believes the attack to be a hate crime and he was assaulted because of his Sikh turban and appearance.
His daughter, Gaganjot Sidhu said, �His turban was off and blood all over his face.�
No slurs were used, no money was robbed, but Gaganjot says her father was targeted because of how he looks.�
