April 18, 2021 | Jalandhar: An Indian-origin youth has been arrested for a series of attacks on Sikhs which are suspected to be hate crimes. Asutalian media has identified the man as 24-year-old Vishal Jood. NSW police, in a statement, said Jood was arrested on Friday morning, from a house on Dixon Street in Parramatta, a major commercial hub outside Sydney. He has been charged with “three counts of affray, three counts of armed with intent commit indictable offence, two counts of destroy or damage property » $5000 and =$15,000 (DV), and assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company of other(s)”, said police. The 24-year-old was refused bail and he was produced in a Parramatta court on Saturday. “Since September last year, officers attached to Parramatta Police Area Command have been investigating a number of incidents in Harris Park. About 8.30pm, September 16, 2020, a man walking along Brisbane Street was assaulted by a group of up to five men. The man was allegedly struck several times in the head with a baseball bat and then kicked when on the ground. He was taken to Westmead Hospital for treatment to facial injuries,” said NSW police.