According to police, on Wednesday night an argument broke out between Nigerian national Ghazeem, a third-year degree student in a city college and a resident of Singadabasti locality in Banjara Hills area, and Mohd Gafoor after the former parked his car in front of Gafoor's building, despite he being told to park it in his own apartment complex.
However, Ghazeem apparently refused to remove his car after which the scuffle broke out. Gafoor took out a rod and hit him on his head resulting in injuries, a senior police officer said.
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Meanwhile, a senior police officer ruled out racism as the cause behind the attack on the Nigerian student.
"There is no racism angle... It (assault) is sudden provocation," the officer said.
The student, Ghazeem said, "I was attacked by an Indian man while I parked my car. The man objected to me saying I should not park there...I had not blocked the way. The man, before hitting me had threatened to damage my car".