Indian who Falsely Claimed Racial Attack Sentenced Lightly to Eight Months

An Indian, who faked a racial attack on him taking advantage of racial tensions in Australia to claim an insurance, has been let off lightly with a suspended eight-month jail term, reported PTI.

Jaspreet Singh, 28, had reportedly burnt himself and torched his car to make an insurance claim and said that he was racially attacked in Melbourne.

In a court hearing, it came to light that Singh, who claimed to have been doused with petrol and set alight by four men after he parked his car near his home, was in fact intending to claim his insurance money to fund a holiday to India.

Police found he had suffered the burns while trying to torch his Ford sedan, Melbourne Magistrates Court heard today.