Assault on Manipuri Women in Mumbai reveals insensitive attitude of Maharashtra Government towards NE
04 March 2016
ASSAULT ON MANIPURI WOMEN IN MUMBAI REVEALS THE INSENSITIVE ATTITUDE OF MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT TOWARDS NORTH-EAST PEOPLE!
NEFIS CONDEMNS THE INCIDENT! DEMANDS SUSPENSION OF POLICE PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN TREATING THIS CASE AS A NON-COGNIZABLE OFFENCE!
North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) strongly condemns the assault on Manipuri woman, who was spat upon, beaten and dragged by a man in Vakola area of Mumbai on Saturaday, which highlights the rampant discrimination faced by the North-East community in metropolitan cities. Moreover, this case reveals the insensitive and apathetic attitude of the State Machinery and Police in cases concerning sexual harassment and violence against North-east Women in particular and women in general.
The reprehensible attitude of police in the whole matter is shocking, as it treated the complaint by the victim, as a non-cognizable offence. Policemen ignored her request for an FIR and merely registered a non-cognizable offence (NC). Even in that complaint, the officer on duty made no mention of molestation, even though the victim showed him her torn clothes.
NEFIS condemns such racist attacks on the North-East people, who migrate to mainland India, in search of better educational and employment, which are denied to them back home. Instead of providing them a secure and safe environment to live and work, the government neglects their concerns, a fact which is amply revealed in the recurring incidence of such assaults.
NEFIS demands that the Maharashtra Government should immediately suspend the police personnel involved in the shameful act of registering this grave matter, as a non-cognizable offence. The government should also immediately look into and redress the problems faced by the North-East community in the city.
Ajoy Moirangthem,
North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS)
* This Press Release was sent to e-pao.net by North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) who can be contacted at nefis(DOT)delhi(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on March 05 2016
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