‘Assault with sexual motivation’: Indian man held by US immigration authorities

An Indian citizen is among four people arrested by US immigration authorities over "assault with sexual motivation". The incident took place amid US President Donald Trump's drive to push out illegal immigrants from the country. The man has been identified as 29-year-old Jaspal Singh, an Indian national who was arrested in Washington's Tukwila on January 29.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Seattle, said in a release last week that Singh was charged with "assault with sexual motivation". The three other people are from Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. All four will remain in the custody of the ICE.

"Protecting our communities, and preventing further victimization is of paramount importance to ICE throughout the Pacific Northwest,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Seattle Field Office Director Drew Bostock.