State's CFSL scientist filed racial case
Source: The Sangai Express / Headlines Today
Imphal, May 08 2012:
Close on the heels of the murder of Laitom Richard at Bangalore and controversial suicide of Dana Sangma at Delhi which smaked off racism, a forensic scientist hailing from the northeast region has accused his colleagues in Delhi's prestigious Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) of racial discrimination .
Upset by the alleged racial slurs, he suffered at work, the senior scientific officer from Manipur, CP Singh has filed a defamation case against his colleagues.
The CFSL assistant director has accused 16 of his colleagues of bullying him and openly calling him "Chinky Owl" and "Ching Chong" at work.
The officer, who works at the physics department of FSL and is an expert in voice identification techniques, alleged that these colleagues regularly gang up against him, pour scorn on him and ridicule him in public, frequently using racial slurs to demean him.
Singh felt that his protest at being passed over for a promotion resulted in the open racism at work.
Headlines Today contacted CFSL director Devender Singh, who promised to investigate the matter and take action against the responsible employees.
The news was broken by Headlines Today last night.
During the recent visit of the Chinese Premier to Delhi for the BRIC summit, a number of people from North East were asked to produce their passports as proof of their Nationality.