India forms high-level team to probe attack on Tanzanian woman

India has formed a high-level team, comprising the Tanzanian envoy, to probe the brutal attack on a Tanzanian woman in the southern city of Bengaluru late Sunday night.

Sources said Friday that members of the team include Tanzanian High Commissioner John Kijazi and senior officials of the Indian External Affairs Ministry.

"The decision to form a team was was taken by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at a high-level meeting late Thursday evening," the sources said.

The 21-year-old Tanzanian student was dragged out of a car, thrashed and stripped by a mob of 200 in Bengaluru late Sunday night while she was passing through an area where a woman was run over.

So far, five people have been arrested in connection with the horrific incident which came to light Wednesday after the Tanzanian student lodged a police complaint.

The External Affairs Minister has described the incident as "shameful", while spokesperson Vikas Swarup called it "an isolated incident".

However, the Tanzanian High Commissioner has said that the woman was attacked because she is black. "This should not happen in the 21st century," he told the media Thursday. Endit