<p>Gurpreet Singh Ashreja (29) said he was stunned that police did nothing as they listened to passengers racially abuse him outside Chelsea police station.<br /><br />He said he drove to the police station for support when his passengers refused to pay USD 47 in fares. "Instead, he alleges he received a loud dressing down and a lecture about use of the 'f-word'," The Age reported.<br /><br />"I have no doubt that I was discriminated against because of my race," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.<br /><br />He took the six passengers to the station on the advice of the cab company, hoping to get the rest of his fare.<br /><br />Police had been alerted and were waiting for him outside, but one told him it was a civil matter and police only dealt with criminal matters, the paper said.<br />Ashreja claimed that he was also ridiculed for not wearing the proper taxi uniform outside the cab, which the fare evaders thought was funny.<br /><br />He said one officer then shouted at him about the way he had parked his cab.<br />Ashreja said the passengers got out of the cab and started shouting: "You...Indian b......., go back to your own country," he claimed.<br /><br />The policeman was "watching this and I could see a smile on his face".<br />Police are investigating the incident.</p>
<p>Gurpreet Singh Ashreja (29) said he was stunned that police did nothing as they listened to passengers racially abuse him outside Chelsea police station.<br /><br />He said he drove to the police station for support when his passengers refused to pay USD 47 in fares. "Instead, he alleges he received a loud dressing down and a lecture about use of the 'f-word'," The Age reported.<br /><br />"I have no doubt that I was discriminated against because of my race," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.<br /><br />He took the six passengers to the station on the advice of the cab company, hoping to get the rest of his fare.<br /><br />Police had been alerted and were waiting for him outside, but one told him it was a civil matter and police only dealt with criminal matters, the paper said.<br />Ashreja claimed that he was also ridiculed for not wearing the proper taxi uniform outside the cab, which the fare evaders thought was funny.<br /><br />He said one officer then shouted at him about the way he had parked his cab.<br />Ashreja said the passengers got out of the cab and started shouting: "You...Indian b......., go back to your own country," he claimed.<br /><br />The policeman was "watching this and I could see a smile on his face".<br />Police are investigating the incident.</p>