Victoria's top cop said on Wednesday that crime against Indians was a problem which was noticed by police two years ago. Indians are over-represented in robbery statistics and there is a racist element to some attacks, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said, according to media reports in Melbourne.
"There is no question, regardless of the motives, Indian students have to a degree been targeted in robberies and that is not okay," he said. "We recognised this problem a long time before it hit the public. We have known for two years that there has been this issue and we have been working away, at a number of levels around engaging with students, trying to make them understand the
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