<p>Addressing a press conference here, Susan Vaz, who runs a restaurant named Luckees in Calangute, 15 km from Panaji, said her restaurant was targeted Jan 22 because it was frequented by African nationals.<br /><br />“To my knowledge, we are the only restaurant serving genuine African cuisine and a lot of Africans frequent our place. It seems like a racist attack because last year we were warned against operating the restaurant because 'blacks' used to frequent it,” Susan said. <br /><br />A mob of locals attacked the place with stones and sticks Jan 22 after an autorickshaw driver rammed into a car parked outside the restaurant by a patron.<br /><br />“Not just the locals, even the police who arrived at the scene beat up my fiancé Luck Oneya Cholem, who's a Nigerian, when we were the aggrieved party,” Susan said. <br /><br />Susan said the police refused to incorporate parts about their beating up her fiancé in her statement which was recorded after the incident. <br /><br />“I have filed a complaint with the district superintendent. I also have CCTV footage to back my allegation,” she said. <br /><br />Goa, which is in the news often for inbound tourists from Europe and Russia, is also home for several foreign nationals from Africa. In recent times, more than a score of nationals of African origin, mainly from Nigeria, were caught for overstaying in India on forged travel documents.</p>
<p>Addressing a press conference here, Susan Vaz, who runs a restaurant named Luckees in Calangute, 15 km from Panaji, said her restaurant was targeted Jan 22 because it was frequented by African nationals.<br /><br />“To my knowledge, we are the only restaurant serving genuine African cuisine and a lot of Africans frequent our place. It seems like a racist attack because last year we were warned against operating the restaurant because 'blacks' used to frequent it,” Susan said. <br /><br />A mob of locals attacked the place with stones and sticks Jan 22 after an autorickshaw driver rammed into a car parked outside the restaurant by a patron.<br /><br />“Not just the locals, even the police who arrived at the scene beat up my fiancé Luck Oneya Cholem, who's a Nigerian, when we were the aggrieved party,” Susan said. <br /><br />Susan said the police refused to incorporate parts about their beating up her fiancé in her statement which was recorded after the incident. <br /><br />“I have filed a complaint with the district superintendent. I also have CCTV footage to back my allegation,” she said. <br /><br />Goa, which is in the news often for inbound tourists from Europe and Russia, is also home for several foreign nationals from Africa. In recent times, more than a score of nationals of African origin, mainly from Nigeria, were caught for overstaying in India on forged travel documents.</p>