Two young men from Manipur were allegedly subjected to racial slurs following an altercation with a group of students in North Delhi's Maurice Nagar late on Saturday night.
Two persons have been arrested in this connection and have been slapped with charges under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
It is alleged that the arrested duo also attempted to assault the victims identified as Neo (27) and Lein (26).
What started as an argument over a derogatory remark, snowballed into a confrontation with the friends of the involved parties also joining in.A violent situation was, however, averted when a neighbour called the police. “We were accompanying a female friend when some people passed comments. They abused and addressed us in a derogatory manner. When we protested, one of them called his friends and in minutes more arrived with hockey sticks,” said Lein.
A friend of the accused however countered the allegations and said the two had not called anyone else.
But even before the police could initiate a probe, some students from the north-east staged a demonstration outside the Maurice Nagar police station demanding strict action against the accused.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of the North District, John Neihlaia, who himself hails from Mizoram, went to the spot and pacified the agitating students. Police initially detained Aakash and Amit and later arrested them. The medical examination of both conducted at the Bara Hindu Rao Hospital revealed that they were in an inebriated state.
