A 34-year-old Sikh tourist from the UK was choked to death by a Norwegian man at Phuket in Thailand this week.
Amitpal Singh Bajaj was staying at Centara Grand Resort with his wife and young son when the tragedy happened at about 3.30 am early Wednesday morning – August 21.
According to The Phuket Times, the Sikh man had an argument with the Norwegian man Roger Bullman, a martial arts expert, who was staying in the adjacent room with his wife.
“Mr Bajaj confronted Mr Bullman for making too much noise because his wife and child wanted to sleep,” the Phuket Times quoted local police chief Col Prawit as saying.
“They started arguing, and Mr Bullman broke the door on the balcony joining the two rooms and entered Mr Bajaj’s room. The two started fighting. Both were fighting inside the room, and (at least one) bottle was used in the fight.
“The fight continued outside the room. Mr Bullman was bigger and stronger, and had Mr Bajaj in a hold with his arm across his neck.
“Mr Bullman choked and hit Mr Bajaj until he was unconscious. A security guard arrived at the scene and saw Mr Bullman on top of Mr Bajaj while choking him with his arm.
“The security guard shouted at Mr Bullman to stop, which he did immediately.
“Mr Bajaj’s breathing was weak. The security guard called the police and rescue workers, who took Mr Bajaj to Patong Hospital immediately, but Patong Hospital doctors later informed police that Mr Bajaj had passed away from asphyxiation.’’
Police said Bullman has been charged with manslaughter and trespass by an act of violence. If found guilty of manslaughter, Bullman would face three to 15 years in jail.
The victim’s wife Bandhna Kaur Bajaj, from Southall, said, “My husband sacrificed his life to save my son’s life and mine. He will always be our hero.”
She said the Norwegian man barged into their room through the balcony door naked and started hitting her husband.
She said she fled from the scene with her two-year-old son Veer Singh and ran downstairs to hide under a tree. She said she called the reception from her mobile. “I asked the reception to please make sure someone attends to my husband – ‘please give him some medical help, I’m very scared, I’ve escaped’…I could still hear [the attacker] screaming. I didn’t want to be attacked.”
This man Bulman should be hanged to death or should die in an electric chair but giving him three to fifteen years in jail are not enough , these bullys should be taught a lesson and that’s giving them death.