Student bashed by gang
A trainee pilot has been savagely bashed by a gang in Melbourne's CBD in broad daylight.
International student Rajat Tyagi said he is now too scared to stay in Melbourne because it is no longer safe.
The student pilot from New Delhi was confronted as he left his apartment in Flinders Street on Sunday morning by five men he describes as African.
They surrounded him and bashed him unconscious using knuckledusters.
He told 7NEWS: "I want to go home as soon as possible because we are not safe here."
"They hit me twice in the mouth, and my whole lips were hanging down. I just lost my tooth - i don't know where my tooth is, maybe in my stomach, maybe on the floor - I couldn't find it."
And he said he is still in severe pain.
"I cant eat anything, I cant drink anything and my room mates are feeding me milk just to survive so I can live," he explained.
Rajat hopes the incident was captured on CCTV.
He said he has heard no more from police since they arrived half-an-hour after the assault, and told him he was one of several similar assaults that night.
Rajat is now unable to sit his flying exams after Easter because of the bashing. He said the year-and-a-half in Australia has been wasted. He now intends to return home to see his family and never return.
"I just came here for a good life," he said. "But i'm getting this."
