Sri Lankan attacked in Australia

2 March 2010 09:04 am

A Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife have been attacked and racially abused in Australia by a group of drunken men, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Australian media reports as saying today.

A group of 25 drunken thugs bashed up 60-year-old Ranjit Sahasranaman, who is married to Indian-origin Agalya Sahasranamn, outside his own home in Carrams Down suburb on Sunday morning, PTI reported.

Sahasranaman, a Sri Lankan national, revealed his over two-and-a-half hour ordeal of how he fought back with the thugs till police arrived and dispersed them.

Sahasranaman, who has lived in Australia for 19 years with his wife and two kids, said he was assaulted and racially abused by the gang of mostly white men who damaged his back fence and gained entry to his yard.