Newcastle mayor complains of "Gupta" slur: report
The Gupta brothers. File photo.
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Newcastle mayor Afzul Rehman has laid a complaint against a traffic official for calling him a "Gupta", it was reported on Wednesday.
Rehman was renewing his driver's licence at the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) testing station on Friday when the official accosted him in the passageway, The Citizen reported.
The official asked: "Hey Gupta, what are you doing here?" and later "cracked a joke about Indians", said Rehman.
The official then called Rehman a Gupta again, and when Rehman asked him if he knew who he was, he replied: "Yes I know, you are a Gupta."
When Rehman told the official he was offended, he reportedly replied: "You can go back to India and take offence, here in South Africa, this country belongs to us."
After reporting the matter to RTI head King Gama, the official offered to make a personal apology to Rehman, but he refused to accept it and instead and opened a case of crimen injuria, The Citizen reported.
He was also speaking to attorneys about making a damages claim in the high court, and would refer the matter to the Equality Court and the SA Human Rights Commission.
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