India
A case has been registered against the house owner Hemanth Kumar and Kiren Rijiju has promised action.
Updated : Mar 13, 2017, 04:14 PM IST
Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday described the attack on a student from Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru as "saddening" and said the Home Ministry is also pursuing the matter besides the police investigation.
"When we are talking of safety of Indians abroad such incidents in our country are very saddening," Rijiju told reporters in New Delhi.
The Union Minister of State for Home said police are investigating the case and his office is also pursuing it for action against those guilty in the incident.
Higio Guntey, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh and is a fourth-semester student of Christ University, was allegedly beaten and forced to lick his house owner's shoes for using excessive water in Bengaluru on March 6.
The house owner was identified as Hemanth Kumar and a case was registered against him on March 9 following Guntey's complaint.
A case was registered against house owner Hemanth Kumar. He is out on bail.
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 13, 2017
What happened to him was inhuman, I have trust in the police and I hope the culprit won't be spared: Father of Arunachal student pic.twitter.com/3LIflOqAQj
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 13, 2017
Rijiju also hails from Arunachal Pradesh.
My office pursuing this case. When we are talking of safety of Indians abroad such incidents in our country are very saddening: Kiren Rijiju pic.twitter.com/BYRX1gFNHR
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 13, 2017
Used water for just 5 min,apologised to owner for same.He started beating me &humiliated by forcing me to lick his boots: Victim #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/J0FA09EYgq
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 13, 2017