Sikh Federation UK blasts 'unacceptable' police response to alleged racist attack outside Wolverhampton Railway Station
Sikh Federation UK has criticised the 'limited follow-up' from the authorities to an attack on two taxi drivers in Wolverhampton.
A video went viral on social media after X account 'The SikhNet' uploaded the clip, which has been reposted more than 1,600 times and has received more than one million views, appearing to show an attack by three people on two elderly men outside Wolverhampton Railway Station.
Sikh Federation UK said it has "spoken to both victims and their families following the attack".
It read: "The elderly gentlemen, both local taxi drivers, were on duty outside the station, while working for a local taxi firm. A group of three white men exited the station and approached one of the drivers and demanded he take them to Oldbury.
"One of the drivers told us they were very rude and abusive and ordered him to take them. He explained that the system does not work this way and that they would have to go into the taxi rank and book from there. They used the P-word and laughed, before walking away.
"The group then returned after being told the same by other drivers and were a lot more aggressive and abusive towards the driver.
"They then stepped to his face and started pushing him and within seconds he was being assaulted and punched in the face.
