Indian assault victim not treated properly by Oz hospital

MELBOURNE: Sukhdeep Singh, who was seriously injured in the latest racial attack against Indians in Australia, was not given proper treatment for three days after the assault, his brother-in-law alleged today.

Onkar Singh, brother-in-law of Sukhdeep said: "It was the efforts of consulate who pressurised the hospital to treat and examine Sukhdeep at the earliest otherwise we were given a date for examination as September 24th."

The attack left Sukhdeep with a broken jaw, a broken nose and broken cheekbones, and bleeding in the eyes.

He said Sukhdeep's case was not taken up properly and the victim was only given painkillers initially.

26-year-old Sukhdip Singh, his brother-in-law Gurdeep Singh and uncle Mukhtair Singh were attacked by a group of people when they were playing pool in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Epping.

His uncle Mukhtiyar Singh, 46, suffered a broken shoulder and a black eye while Gurdeep Singh, 31, has a fractured jaw.

He said police was incorrect in saying that only four of the localites were directly involved.