New Delhi, Dec 10 – India has appealed for calm in Singapore where the death of a 33-year-old Indian construction worker in a road mishap sparked the worst riots in the country in decades, Xinhua news agency reported.
“The Singapore authorities have confirmed the identity of the Indian national who died in an accident in Little India. The High Commission has informed his family members,” the Indian High Commission in Singapore said in a statement on Monday.
The Indian national has been identified as Sakthivel Kuravelu who hailed from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
He was hit by a speeding bus, driven by a Singaporean, at a junction in Little India on Sunday following which more than 400 South Asians clashed with police and vandalised buses.
Police have arrested some 27 South Asians including 24 Indians for rioting on the streets as Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a panel to investigate the incident.
– Bernama
