Yannick Nihangaza a 23 years old student from Burundi studying in India in BSc Computer, 1st year in Lovely Professional University is another African victim of violence in India.
He was stoned, brutally beaten and left on the road in Jalandhar (India) while walking to a party on April 22nd.
He was taken to the hospital of Patiala by strangers were he has been in a coma for almost three months with no investigations of the incident being carried out.
Nestor Ntibateganya, the father to Yannick wrote two letters to the Punjab government asking for justice for his child’s case but in vain.
It is on June 25th that he wrote again to the chief minister of Punjab begging him for justice.
“I am writing to you as a father writing to another father, someone who has known and experienced love of a child”
Until the 6th of July, no investigations were done.
“I hadn’t heard of this, I didn’t get any letter and I will investigate the matter. Everyone will get justice” said the Chief Minister of Punjab Badal Parkash.
Ntibateganya said that he doesn’t know why the Indian Government took so long to respond but that it was alright since his son’s case was going to be taken care of.
So far, two people have been arrested by the Jalandhar Police though there are others missing.
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