Melbourne, January 08: A cartoon in a Delhi newspaper, which allegedly depicted a Victoria policeman as a member of hate group Ku Klux Klan in the wake of attacks on Indians, has sparked an outrage in Australia with acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard condemning it as “deeply offensive”.
The cartoon, published in response to the continuing assaults on Indians in Australia, particularly the murder of 21-year-old student Nitin Garg in Melbourne last weekend, has been described as “wrong” and “terrible” by the Victoria Police Association and Police Minister Bob Cameron.
The picture allegedly showed a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood wearing a Victoria Police badge, with a caption that “We Are Yet To Ascertain The Nature Of The Crime”. The Klan is an infamous white supremacist hate group that had much influence in America during late 19th and early 20th century.
–PTI