Rush Hour: Congress says Centre failed to protect Indians, HC seeks Bengaluru stampede report & more

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The Congress has accused the Narendra Modi-led government of failing to protect the honour of Indians after photos and videos showing an Indian student being handcuffed and pinned to the floor at the Newark Airport in the United States. Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh urged the prime minister to speak to US President Donald Trump to address the “fear that has gripped lakhs of Indian students in America”.

Ramesh said that Modi had not been able to summon the courage to speak about the “atrocities being perpetrated against Indians in the US”.

On Monday, the Consulate General of India in New York said it was in touch with local authorities about the case. The man who shot the video said that the student appeared to have been pinned to the ground because “he was a little violent, and he was feeling disoriented”. More on Scroll.

The Karnataka High Court has told the state government to submit a status report in a sealed cover on the stampede in Bengaluru on June 4. Eleven persons were killed in the stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where fans had...

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