India’s wealthy ‘fear London is worse than Delhi for muggings’

Fear of crime in UK capital is one of biggest concerns of rich Indians, says entrepreneur

Indian business people are avoiding being out and about in Mayfair over fears they could be mugged for their expensive watches after a 27% rise in theft from a person" in London, an entrepreneur has said.

Devin Narang, an entrepreneur, told a meeting attended by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, that fear of crime in London was one of the biggest concerns of India's rich elite.

People are being mugged in the heart of London - in Mayfair," Narang, a member of the executive committee of the federation of Indian chambers of commerce and industry, said at a meeting in New Delhi, according to the Financial Times. All CEOs in India have had an experience of physical mugging and the police [in London] not responding."