<p>24-year-old Bharat Thapar is awaiting surgery in a local hospital following the last night incident which took place in a Melbourne suburb.<br /><br />Thapar saw another Indian, Ratan, being bashed up last night near Carnish Road in Oakleigh South, Sumeet, a friend of the victim, said. "He stopped his car and came out to stop the fight. But the youths instead took on him."<br /><br />"Bharat has received some serious face injuries and he is now waiting for a surgery as advised by doctors in Monash Hospital where he is admitted to," Sumeet said.<br /><br />Sumeet said that Thapar appears to have suffered multiple fractures in jaw which doctors intend to operate on as early as possible.<br /><br />While police arrived on the scene and called an ambulance for the victim, they allowed the attackers to leave, he said.<br /><br />Thapar moved to Australia three years ago from Panipat in Haryana.<br />The last night attack on Thapar is the latest in a slew of assaults against Indians in Australia, mostly in Melbourne.<br /><br />More than 100 attacks have been reported against Indians in this country since June last year.</p>
<p>24-year-old Bharat Thapar is awaiting surgery in a local hospital following the last night incident which took place in a Melbourne suburb.<br /><br />Thapar saw another Indian, Ratan, being bashed up last night near Carnish Road in Oakleigh South, Sumeet, a friend of the victim, said. "He stopped his car and came out to stop the fight. But the youths instead took on him."<br /><br />"Bharat has received some serious face injuries and he is now waiting for a surgery as advised by doctors in Monash Hospital where he is admitted to," Sumeet said.<br /><br />Sumeet said that Thapar appears to have suffered multiple fractures in jaw which doctors intend to operate on as early as possible.<br /><br />While police arrived on the scene and called an ambulance for the victim, they allowed the attackers to leave, he said.<br /><br />Thapar moved to Australia three years ago from Panipat in Haryana.<br />The last night attack on Thapar is the latest in a slew of assaults against Indians in Australia, mostly in Melbourne.<br /><br />More than 100 attacks have been reported against Indians in this country since June last year.</p>