Bengaluru: The Tanzanian girl, who was allegedly stripped, assaulted and paraded naked by an unruly mob in Bengaluru, has refuted the claims of the police.
Speaking to CNN-IBN, the 21-year-old student said that police officers on the spot did nothing to stop the attack.
"There were policemen around before the attacks began, but once they started beating us I do not know where they went," the 21-year-old woman told CNN-IBN in a telephone interview.
This comes even as there have been contradictory statements by the state government and the police over the incident.
The woman's account belied versions by the Karnataka police and ministers which suggested that it was not racist attack but a case of road rage.
"They saw us as Africans and started beating us," she said.
Initial reports said the woman was assaulted, stripped and paraded naked by a mob in the outskirts of the city on Sunday, but the Karnataka government denied she was paraded naked.
She said there were a large number of people who had gathered at the spot and that they attacked her friends as well. Five people have been arrested so far in the case.
Meanwhile, a high level delegation of the Ministry of External Affairs is slated to reach Bengaluru on Friday to assess the situation on the ground.
The Tanzanian High Commissioner is also expected to reach Bengaluru on Friday.
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