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Man arrested after Sikh priest was ‘left for dead’ in the Northern Quarter
The 62 year old was viciously attacked in the Northern Quarter back in June
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault following an attack on a Sikh priest which left him with brain damage.
Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that a twenty-eight-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody for questioning yesterday, September 7th.
The sixty-two-year-old was viciously attacked while walking along Hilton Street in the Northern Quarter on June 23rd.
He was found in a pool of his own blood, and has not been able to speak since the attack.
Greater Manchester Police later released footage of the ‘appalling and mindless’ incident to ‘show the severity and mindlessness of this attack’.
GMP said in a statement: “Following an appeal for assistance from the public, a twenty-eight-year-old man was arrested on September 7th 2022, on suspicion of section 20 assault in connection with an attack on a Sikh Priest in Manchester City Centre.
“Just before 6.30pm on Thursday 23rd June 2022, officers were called by the North West Ambulance Service to a report of a man found unconscious in the road on Tib Street.
“CCTV enquiries revealed that the victim had been assaulted by an unknown male close to the junction with Hilton Street. The offender then fled the scene on foot, turning right onto Oldham Street.
“The victim was left unconscious in the middle of the road, before being taken to hospital where he has since remained.”The suspect remains in custody this evening for questioning.”
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In a statement, the family of the victim, who lives in Greater Manchester, said: “On June 23rd, 2022, our loving and caring husband/father, a sixty-two-year-old Sikh priest, had his life tragically altered forever.
“A devoted husband and father who has lived, worked and supported a community in a city he has loved for thirty-seven years and now cannot even leave the hospital.
“He worked long hours every day to help his children live the life he never got to and make sure we were raised to help and inspire future generations, raising a teacher, a pharmacist and a soon-to-be doctor.”
They continued: “We will sadly never get the man back who left for work that day and thought he would walk home to enjoy the nice weather.”