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Delhi: NE Activitists Claim They Are Being Evicted
OutLook India | NEW DELHI | FEB 17, 2014
Several Northeastern activists today alleged that a Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of South Delhi's Munirka have ordered a Khap Panchayat like dictate asking people from the Northeast to evict the area.They also claimed that those who have passed the order include family members of the youth who had allegedly raped a 14-year-old Manipuri girl in the area a few days and gave a written complaint in this regard at Vasant Vihar Police Station.
Binalakshmi Nepram, an activist working on issues related to Northeastern community said, "The SHO admitted that a meeting took place. They are hiding under the name of RWA. We want the police to investigate the matter." A senior Police official also said that there was nothing like 'Khap Panchayat' and there was some misunderstanding between the two parties which was sorted out in the evening. "We had convened a joint meeting of the two parties and the issue has been sorted out," he said. Police also assured them that legal action will be taken against any landlord who forcibly evicts people from the Northeast and promised increased patrolling in the area.
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