Ugandan woman testifies in court: ‘Somnath Bharti led the people who attacked me’

NEW DELHI: A Ugandan woman has identified Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti as the one leading the team which conducted a midnight raid in Khirki extension and misbehaved with the girls. While giving her statement to magistrate.

We were attacked on Wednesday night (January 15) by Indians who were led by Somnath Bharti. They are claiming we are blacks and we should leave their country. We were harassed, we were beaten, they had long sticks (sic) and they said we should leave their country or they’ll kill us one by one. We don’t know if being black is a crime,” she told reporters after recording her statement.

The woman claimed that it was Mr Bharti’s muffler that helped her identify him when he appearance on TV the next day. “I identified Somnath Bharti because he came in the night then the next day I saw him on television. He was still putting on what I saw last night.”

After the recording of her statement was completed, police listed the Ugandan national as a prosecution witness in the case. She will again testify in court during the trial over the alleged incident.

The court had ordered registration of an FIR upon a petition filed by the woman in question seeking a criminal case against the alleged offenders.

A city court had ordered registration of an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the midnight raid against African women at Khirki Extension here.

The raid was allegedly led by Bharti who accused the foreign nationals of being involved in a drug and prostitution racket.