An Indian-American man has been racially abused by a compatriot in the California who hurled racist slurs that he is a "dirty Hindu" and a "disgusting dog'', days after another hate crime was reported against four women from the community in Texas.
Krishnan Jayaraman was verbally attacked by 37-year-old Singh Tejinder in the Taco Bell at Grimmer Boulevard in Fremont, California on August 21, NBC News reported on August 31.
Mr. Tejinder, of Union City, was charged on August 29 with a hate crime in violation of civil rights, assault and disturbing the peace by offensive language, the Fremont Police Department said.