SACRAMENTO,CA - Police are investigating the brutal assault of a Sikh man from Stanislaus County last week as a hate crime, according to local media reports. Surjit Malhi, 50, had just finished placing campaign signs in support of Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) in Keyes on July 31 night, when he saw two men wearing black hooded sweatshirts waiting for him by his truck, reported CBS Sacramento.