Pune couple wins racial slur case |
Poonekar and Sonwalkar have been living in England for a decade now.The post-Brexit rise in racist attacks, both physical and verbal, have had non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the UK at the receiving end ever since Britain`s decision to break away from the European Union (EU) was announced in February 2016. And, this Pune couple wasn`t spared either. But, in a triumph of justice that would give hope to millions of other NRIs, Sachit Poonekar and Tejal Sonwalkar took the case to court and managed to elicit a favourable order and a compensation. Poonekar and Sonwalkar consider England their second home and run a flourishing Indian food joint business there. On October 7, 2016, they were heading out of their restaurant for a delivery when Poonekar had an argument with one Michael Francis Wright over what side of the road to drive on. That`s when Wright hurled abuses at the couple.The case was later taken up for investigation by the police and on May 18, the Chippenham magistrate court ruled in their favour and asked Wright to pay up for the harassment.
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