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North East students protest racist attacks
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 21 2014 :
Condemning the continuous murder and attacks on North-East community in the Metropolitan Cities, students in Delhi under the aegis of North East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) came out on streets and organized a protest at Jantar Mantar against racism, demanding justice and security today.
A young Ph.d.scholar from Manipur, Kashung Zingran Kengo was brutally murdered at his residence at 9.30 pm on November 19 .
When his body was found, his throat was slit and his head almost severed.
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Next day, another North-East student (22-year-old Samuel Haokip) was attacked in Bangalore for not knowing the local language Kannada.
Same day, a girl was brutally murdered in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi.
This case of assault on a North East youth living in Delhi is not one of its kind but part of a string of similar attacks and racial profiling of migrant North East youth, said a release issued by NEFIS.
These incidents are not isolated incidents, but are a snapshot of a problem which is increasingly becoming a serious concern.
Delayed and poorly construed police action is typical in such cases.The incident is extremely disturbing and condemnable, the release added.
During the protest, delegates of NEFIS went to Ministry of Home Affairs and submitted memorandum demanding that these racist attacks should get a thorough and swift investigation.
The release demanded that the culprits should be apprehended and immediate justice should be provided to the victims.
It also urged the government to take firm measures to ensure that these incidents are not repeated and to compensate the victims of racist violence or their nearest kin.
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