Indian-origin man jailed in US for hate crime against staff of Sikh organisation

Indian-origin man jailed in US for hate crime against staff of Sikh organisation

Bhushan Athale had sent threats through voicemail to employees of a non-profit organisation working for the civil rights of Sikhs.

Indian-American jailed for threatening Sikh organization staff

A 49-YEAR-OLD Indian-American from Texas was sentenced to 26 months in prison for threatening to kill and injure employees of a Sikh nonprofit organization located in New Jersey. The accused, Bhushan Athale, had previously pleaded guilty in Camden federal court for threatening to use a dangerous weapon and one count of transmitting an interstate threat to injure another person. According to documents filed in this case, Athale had on September 1…