Jalandhar: North American Punjabi Association (NAPA), an organisation of NRIs, has strongly condemned the shooting of a 39-year-old Sikh man by a gunman, who allegedly told him to go back to his own country in the Kent city of Washington state.
NAPA executive director Satnam Singh Chahal, while condemning the shooting, said the incident had evoked anger among the Sikh community in the United States after the shooting.
“Sikh Americans are playing an important role in the overall development of the United States and this community is a well-wisher of mankind across the globe. But it is unfortunate that there seems to be no end to attacks on the Sikh community in the United States. We are living under the shadow of fear and insecurity in the country.”
He sought a high-level FBI probe into the shooting and urged the local, state and federal officials to investigate the shooting as an anti-Sikh hate crime.
He said the shooting in Kent city in Washington state shared similarities with the deadly shooting in Olathe, Kansas, on February 22, and follows the larger national pattern of hate violence directed at minority communities across the United States in the wake of the presidential elections.
tribuneindia.com, Mar 06, 2017