Aussie police say attack not racial; MEA says follow-ups are on with the government Down Under An Indian man was allegedly set on fire by four men while parking his car in the northwestern part Melbourne on Saturday. 
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File photo of protests in Delhi over the first few attacks</td></tr></tbody></table> Jaspreet Singh, 29, was taken to hospital with 15 per cent burns after the attack shortly before 2 am in Essendon and was said to be in a serious condition, The Age newspaper reported. Police were told Singh had dropped his wife at home and gone to park his car after a dinner party when he was attacked in Grice Crescent. As he was getting out of the car, four men attacked him. They pushed him back against the vehicle and poured an unidentified fluid on him, police said. One of the men then ignited the fluid with a lighter and all four fled, police said. Singh reportedly ran from the car peeling off his clothes. He suffered burns to his arms, chest and face, the daily said. The attack comes a week after Indian Nitin Garg, 21, was stabbed to death in a Yarraville Park on January 2. A police spokesperson said investigators did not yet show any motive for the Essendon attack. "They don't believe it was racially motivated at this stage," she said. The incident is being investigated by the arson and explosives squad. India takes up latest attack with Australia "The Indian High Commissioner in Canberra and Consul General in Melbourne are following up this matter vigorously with the Australian authorities," MEA spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said. Days after the Australian authorities reportedly accused India of whipping up hysteria over attacks on students, the Indian government asked the media to exercise "utmost restraint in reporting on these sensitive issues, as it could aggravate the situation and could have a bearing on our bilateral relations with Australia."

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