Surat unscathed by hate crimes against migrants
(WorldNews India)

Surat: It was business as usual in Surat, a diamond hub and leading textile manufacturing centre in the world and the country, respectively, when migrants were being attacked and threatened by miscreants in other parts of Gujarat in the past few days. Out of 55 lakh population in the city, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of them have come from different parts of the country in search of better employment opportunities here. Rape of a minor girl in September in Sabarkantha district allegedly by a native of Bihar, who was later arrested by police, triggered violence by locals against migrants which led to exodus by people in thousands...