Indian racially assaulted in UK for trying to save woman

A 21 yearold Indian shop assistant was physically and racially attacked by a group of five men leaving him with a broken jaw after he tried to stop them from misbehaving with a young woman in Edinburgh in the UK in what police described as an appalling assault Pankaj Rawat who was working with a city clothes shop was beaten up on Waverley Bridge by the thugs calling him an Indian b Edinburgh Evening News reported He was walking home on Saturday after a night out when he intervened to protect the woman aged around 20 it said adding the Indian faced a volley of racial abuse before being punched to the ground and hit repeatedly by the attackers Id been out for a friends party at Mood and was walking back to my home in Tollcross with another friend As we were crossing Waverley Bridge I saw two Scottish men shouting at a woman One of them was pushing her and trying to kiss her and she was shouting for help Rawat was quoted as saying by the paper I told them to leave her alone or I would call the police The man who was pushing the woman came over to me and asked where I was from I told him I was from India and he started shouting b Indian b at me he said Rawat said he told the man that he did not want any problems but he could not do that to a woman He kept making racial comments then he punched me on the side of the cheek He punched me a second time and I fell to the ground The other man with him came over and both of them started kicking me on the face as I was on the ground Another three men also stood around me so my friend couldnt see what was happening he said Rawat who moved from India to Edinburgh 18 months ago was rushed to hospital where he had a metal plate fitted to his fractured jaw the report said After the incident Rawat lost his job after his bosses were unable to give him four weeks off to recover from his injuries Police have sought help in tracing the five men who fled after the assault at around 340 am local time Rawat said he was released from the hospital on Monday and he was still in lot of pain I have painkillers to take and I need to stay on a liquid diet I lost my job though because they werent able to give me the month off It was totally a racist attack because they kept asking where I was from and shouting racist abuse I came to Scotland last year and Ive had people calling me a Paki but this is the first time Ive been assaulted he was quoted as saying A police spokesman said this was an appalling assault against the victim for no reason other than his race and his efforts to come to a young womans assistance We are keen to speak to anyone who was on or around Waverley Bridge at about 340am and may have witnessed the assault