Kenyan woman pulled out of cab, thrashed in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA: Early on Wednesday morning, a mob reportedly targeted an African again, this time stopping an Ola cab and dragging a 24-year-old Kenyan woman out and bashing her up in the belief that she was Nigerian.
Coming just two days after a mob thrashed six Nigerians and a Congolese inside Greater Noida's Ansal Plaza on Monday evening, the fresh attack has left most Africans in the area too afraid to step out of their houses.
Maria Burendi, the Kenyan, claims she left her home in Alistonia society at 6.15am to collect an African wig and some food from a friend at DPS Society. On the way, she says, the cab was stopped at 6.30am near the Omicorn roundabout by 10-12 men who then beat her up. "They stopped the car and asked me to get out," Maria told TOI over the phone. "When the cabbie and I stepped out, they started slapping me saying that Nigerians are bad. When I said that I was a Kenyan, one of the guys asked them to stop and they relented," she said.
"I was not expecting this. I wanted to buy some food items but could not. Later I thought I could collect my African hair wig from my friend's place in Greater Noida. It was then that the attack took place," she said.
However, police later in the evening said her version was doubtful. They said they nabbed the cab driver and when he was questioned, he denied any such incident happened.