Summary A Pakistani diplomat was was attacked by a group of men in New Delhi after his car hit a motorcycle.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A Pakistani diplomat was manhandled in India s capital city of New Delhi after his car was involved in an accident on Monday evening, according to local media reports.
Zargham Raza, the first secretary of Pakistan s High Commission in India was attacked by a group of men after his car hit a motorcycle near a university campus, NDTV news channel reported.
The Pakistan High Commission has lodged a protest with the country s foreign ministry and wants India to ensure safety of its diplomats.
"Our first secretary and his driver both of whom sustained serious injuries have been provided medical treatment and an FIR (police complaint) has also been lodged," Aizaz Ahmed, Pakistan s foreign office spokesman was quoted by NDTV.
Officials in the Indian foreign ministry and Pakistani authorities were not immediately available to react to the press reports.
According to another Hindi-language news channel, Raza did not suffer any serious injuries.
Relations between the two countries have been fractious in recent weeks, with both sides protesting at the deaths of prisoners held by the other s government.
The latest incident comes after the murder of Indian prisoner in a Pakistani jail, which was followed by the murder of a Pakistani prisoner in an Indian jail last month.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
