Manmohan to Brown: Do not stereotype Indians

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday objected to "stereotyping" of Indians after a car bomb attack in Britain and urged new Prime Minister Gordon Brown not to draw hasty conclusions about the guilt of Indians who have been detained.

"I spoke to British prime minister and told him I am worried about stereotyping of Indians in the UK. Britain should not draw hasty conclusions about the guilt of those arrested," Manmohan Singh told reporters here.

He added that India would cooperate with Britain in the investigation of the blasts.  

"I could not sleep after watching the mothers of Indians in custody," Manmohan Singh said. "Labelling Indians and Pakistanis as terrorists is disturbing."

Two Indian doctors - Mohammed Haneef and Sabeel Ahmed - have been detained in connection with the June 30 attack when a burning green jeep loaded with gas cylinders crashed into the doors of Glasgow airport.  

At least one Indian has been arrested in Britain and another in Australia.