DISGUSTING! INDIAN FAMILY ON VACATION RACIALLY ABUSED FOR THEIR "SKIN COLOUR AND NATIONALITY"

An Indian family had allegedly faced racial abuse by a man drinking beer on a train in Ireland, reports Times Now. A report said that Prasun Bhattachrjee and his family members were travelling from Belfast to Dublin when they were targeted by another passenger for their "accents, skin colour and nationality".

Following the incident, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has called for a more proactive approach as far as tackling racism is concerned.

Reports further say that the family had to listen to racist rants of their co-passenger for around one hour. They were abused for their skin colour, accents, and culture, by the man.

Bhattachrjee told RTÉ’s Liveline that the man, who was hurling abuses, was also moving about the train while talking on his cell phone. However, the train staff, rather than asking him to leave the train, just told him to take his seat.

Irish Rail spokesman Barry Kenny termed the incident as “shocking” and said the Irish Rail was "very sorry that this family experienced such disgraceful behaviour on board one of our train services".

"We have also been contacted by other customers with information. We will also provide gardai, the police service of the Republic of Ireland, with CCTV footage to help identify the individual involved. Abuse of this nature has no place on our trains or anywhere in our society,” said Kenny.