Group of Nigerians sets fire to fellow countryman's car

A car parked outside a house at Vaddarapalya in Hennur was set on fire over a dispute between a Nigerian national and his compatriots on Saturday night.

Hennur police said that a 12-member group came to the house of Elvis, a businessman from Nigeria, at around 3.30 am on Saturday. They knocked on the door and asked him to come out of the house, but he refused. The angry mob set fire to his Toyota Corolla car and he informed the fire services and the police.

The car was partially burnt by the time the fire personnel doused the blaze. The miscreants had fled the scene before the police arrived.

Police said, Elvis and the miscreants are from the same village in Nigeria. The men were angry that Elvis had not taken part in a protest against the murder of a Nigerian last month. They had come to discuss the matter with him. As he did not open the door, the group set his car on fire. The police have registered a case and are investigating.