Thugs battered a Sikh student after accusing him of of having a bomb in his turban.

The neds pounced as 22-year-old Lakhivar Singh waited for a bus after he finished work as a part-time supermarket shelf stacker.

They ripped off his turban, punched him in the face and kicked him as he lay on the ground before security guards chased them away

Lakhivar at one point thought he would be killed in the attack on Saturday at Renfrew's Braehead Shopping Centre.

The Paisley Univesity student said the attack came after the gang started taunting him. [Link]