Businessman Rajiv Ruparelia has spoken out on an assault in which cops from Police Anti-Terrorism unit injured him early Friday Morning.
The police officers further referred to Rajiv as “that Indian” after he stopped a private van and advised the driver who was a cop for over speeding in a residential area of Kololo, an upscale suburb of Kampala.
The attack on the youthful tycoon happened as he took a morning walk together with his wife Niaya Ruparelia near their home.
He narrated that while he saw vehicle racing up on a terrific speed and felt concerned that it would be both dangerous for the driver and the pedestrians.
“I stopped to tell them that it was not safe for any body to ride this fast on a residential road. I and my dogs were walking and I asked why an individual must drive this recklessly,” Rajiv told this website.
He added: “I requested in a simple way but an officer angrily said to me that this is not India, this is Uganda. The police officer was driving a private vehicle. Based on that in had no idea that this was police”.
According to Rajiv, the arrogant cop questioned why he should slow down, “I did not know there were several other office officers in the car, they got out and started beating me”.
“In the process of beating me, I was no longer able to hold my dogs. If someone is beating you how do you control dogs. I released them.”
Rajiv explains that when his dogs saw that he was being assaulted they immediately attacked the cops to save their owner.
“I was being beaten badly by the officers with sticks and gun butts and others were pushing me and they tried to save me. This was a racial attack.”
“My dog watcher came to help me and in the process he was also beaten badly and he is now in hospital. As they were leaving they knocked him with the car but they did not take his life”.
The victim is now in hospital.
Rajiv has since filed a case at Kira Road Police Station. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango told the media, that the matter is being investigated.
