Manipuri students attacked in Delhi
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 27 2013:
Ten students, all from Manipur, were attacked by some people in the Delhi University campus on the night of February 24 .
Out of the two students, who sustained serious injuries, one has been admitted in ICU.
But the Delhi Police delayed in registering an FIR and no action have been taken to apprehend the culprits.
According information given by North East Helpline, the ten Manipuri students were returning after dropping one of their friends in a DU hostel when a group of people numbering around 8 to 9 people came from behind and attacked them with sticks.
When the victims raised their voice and tried to defend themselves, the culprits fled from the spot.
Two of the students suffered serious injuries and one is still in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
They received first AID from DU clinic, and then referred to Hindu Rao Hospital, where the admission was denied and latter taken to St.
Parmanant Hospital.
The doctors on duty at St Parmanant Hospital informed Police and the police took the statements of the victims.
A medical legal case has been registered at the hospital.
A group of students from Manipur went to Maurice Nagar Police Station to register a written complaint.
The police officer in charge, who claimed to have taken the footage of CCTV installed at the place where the incident took place, showed the footage to the students who went to register the complaint and gave the assurance to arrest the culprits.
However, when NE Helpline contacted Maurice Police Station, it was found out that no FIR had been registered.
Delay in registering FIR and inactive of Delhi police is a matter of the concern for the North East communities living in Delhi and NCR, who have been constantly targeted.
Meanwhile, North East Helpline has appealed to the Delhi police to register the case against the attackers as per the instruction given by Union Home Ministry in 2012 to book the racial attackers under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocity Act and appeals the Delhi Government to compensate to the victims.