NEW DELHI: India today warned that the latest in a series of attacks on Indians living in Australia did not “augur well” for already cold ties between the two countries.

Foreign Minister SM Krishna said he was in touch with India’s embassy in Australia for more details of the attack late on Friday on the 25-year-old taxi driver in the town of Ballarat, Victoria.

“It is very unfortunate that this should keep repeating, which does not augur well for our bilateral relations,” Krishna told reporters in New Delhi.

The man suffered bruising to his upper body and swelling to his face after being assaulted by four passengers.

Australian police have said those involved in the beating were “opportunistic.” It was the second time in as many days an Indian taxi driver had been targeted in Ballarat, 110 km west of Melbourne.