Oz cops tried to hush up attack on Indian

Brisbane: In a shocking incident last month, Australia Police tried to hush up a knife attack on an Indian at one of the busiest train stations to prevent sparking off another racial abuse debate, a media report said Saturday.

The attacker though later handed him over to the police this news was reportedly, kept under wraps by authorities who later decided not to release details of the assault.

Thirty-four-year-old Narendrakumar Patel's throat was slashed in an attack on Platform 9 at Brisbane's Roma Street Station about 4.20 p.m. on March 17, the Courier Mail reported.

Though a 26-year-old man later handed himself in at the police headquarters near the station, the news of the knife attack was kept under wraps by authorities.

The attack on Patel was seen by police monitoring the station on closed-circuit television screens, the report said. But details of the incident were never released despite the high-profile location.

A decision was taken by authorities not to release details of the assault, which was certain to fuel fears about train station safety or spark debate about whether Indians are the target of racially motivated attacks in the country.

Police have refused to comment on the issue.