Washington: Two men have entered guilty pleas to hate crime charges in the vicious attack on a Sikh taxi driver in Sacramento the US late last year as police and FBI have launched a massive manhunt to nab the attackers of two other elderly members of the community.
42-year-old Pedro Ramirez of Natomas on Monday pleaded to a felony assault charge at Yolo Superior Court in California and admitted that his attack on Harbhajan Singh on November 28, 2010 was a hate crime.
He also admitted that he caused great bodily injury to the victim.
Another man Johnny Morales, 33, of West Sacramento, who had a lesser role in the attack, also pleaded to felony assault.
The two assailants reportedly made references to Osama Bin Laden while beating and robbing Singh, a local newspaper reported.