New Delhi: In another case of attack on foreign people in national capital, a 19-year-old German tourist was injured after he was attacked with knife, police said today.
The victim was also robbed of his cash in Indian currency and other belongings by two assailants near the Red Fort area, later who have been identified by the police.
The victim has been identified as Benjamin Scolt who was on a tourist visa to India, hired an e-rickshaw from the New Delhi Railway Station for a visit to the fort when the attack took place on him around 11.30 p.m on Friday.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police Jatin Narwal told media persons, another man than the driver was already sitting in the rickshaw, when Scolt ordered it.
Narwal said that after Scolt boarded the vehicle it was taken to an isolated place behind the Red Fort.
The Deputy Commissioner said, the two men then asked him to hand over his belongings.
He said, Scolt might have resisted and they pulled out a knife and threatened him.
Narwal added, “He refused and they attacked him with the weapon and left him injured after taking away his bag and the cash he was carrying.”
Narwal said, Scolt cried for help as a police patrol van passed by.
The tourist was taken to the nearby Dr Hedgewar Hospital and the German Embassy was informed immediately, he said.
A team of investigation police officers refused to be named and said the two suspects were identified after police questioned at least 25 e-rickshaw drivers in the area.
