Mr Khan is a young Asian man trying to build a life and career in Bradford.

Having arrived from Pakistan as a child, he is determined to look for opportunities and make a life for himself in the city he now calls home.

Often, when he turns a street corner, he says, he encounters bored-looking Asian youths, touting drugs and looking for violence.

His family and friends hear endless tales of crime, gang warfare and disturbances in the area where he grew up, and they are sick of Asian youngsters causing trouble.

He no longer wants to arrive at work and have to explain to his white colleagues what it is all about.

Despairing, he has put pen to paper and sent his views to the Telegraph & Argus.

Calling for zero tolerance of crime, he fears the action of Asian yobs will not only drive people out of the city, but scare others from coming in.

Im sick to death of seeing gangs on street corners, he said. Most of them are either taking or dealing in drugs. They are saying, this is our area. If I was white, I wouldn't want to walk around in Manningham - you would be asking for trouble.

A lot of them have really nice clothes and designer gear. Are their parents questioning how they can get that on job seekers allowance? Pretty soon, no-one is going to come to Bradford because they are too scared.

And it is not only residents of all backgrounds who are living in fear, he adds.

The police are scared stiff - its not their fault. If they do anything, they hear the shouts of racism thats a way out, a trump card.

If anybody is caught doing drugs or showing any attitude to the police, they should be locked up. Some Asian leaders will not admit theres a problem. Its always somebody elses fault.

Theres a riot here every year - and Im ashamed of it.

One of the reasons contributing to the feeling of unrest, he explained, was a lack of identity for Asian youths.

The main reason is that parents see Pakistan as their homeland. As far as they are concerned, Bradford is not their home - they would think twice about letting them vandalise stuff if it was in their country.

The youths need to accept that this is their city and this is their future. If they take any action, they will suffer the consequences.

I think its going to get worse unless the police do something and Asian leaders stop calling racism at every opportunity.

What they are doing here is in direct conflict with the teachings of Islam it is a peaceful religion. Thats one of the reasons I have come forward they are giving the religion a bad name.