An international student studying in Chicago said he may drop out and move back home after he was beaten and robbed on a CTA train early Sunday morning.
Shubham Patil, an international student from India studying cyber security at Roosevelt University’s downtown campus, said he was attacked while taking the Red Line home from a late-night study session with classmates over the weekend.
He said he felt nervous immediately as the man who attacked him stepped onto the train at the Belmont station.
“He comes from first car to second car, and he is standing beside me,” Shubham said. “He is targeting me I believe because I’m just talking with my grandma on the phone in my own language. Then, he just starts punching me over and over with his legs and knees. Somebody presses the help button, and the driver says move to another car. I’m just screaming like I’m mad, ‘help me, help me.’ But nobody tried to help me.”
Shubham said when he got off at the Clybourn stop, the man was still attacking him.
He said he managed to call 911 and the police showed up a short time later.