Little India riot: 35th man to be charged
SINGAPORE — The police have arrested a 35-year-old Indian national in relation to the Dec 8 Little India riot and will charge him in court at 2pm today (Dec 17) for rioting.
Photo: Ooi Boon Keong
SINGAPORE — The police have arrested a 35-year-old Indian national in relation to the Dec 8 Little India riot and will charge him in court at 2pm today (Dec 17) for rioting.
The total number of suspects charged over the riot is now 35, police added.
Trouble broke out in Little India on the night of Dec 8 after Indian construction worker Sakthivel Kumaravelu, 33, was knocked down and killed by a private bus at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road.
About 400 people became agitated and pelted police and rescue vehicles for two hours before riot police brought the situation under control.
A total of 25 emergency vehicles were damaged in the riots, along with five that were set on fire, while 39 police officers and four civil defence and auxiliary officers were injured.
The first group of 24 men were charged in court for rioting last Tuesday.
The riot was the first in Singapore in over four decades.
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