Nido Tania's death : Not let up in protest, anger still simmers
Ibobi meets Shinde, presents case
Source: The Sangai Express
New Delhi, February 09 2014:
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde this evening at 6.30 at his residence at 2, Krishna Menon Marg here regarding the increasing incidents of violence, sexual assault and molestation of the people of North East States in Delhi.
The Manipur Chief Minister strongly condemned these incidents and demanded the Union Home Minister to take up stringent action against the culprits as per the law of the land.
He also requested the Union Home Minister to put in place a framework for providing adequate protection to the students and the people from the North eastern region staying in other parts of the country, especially in metropolitan cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai.
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Ibobi emphasized that every citizen of the country have the right to live with dignity anywhere in the country.
He further explained that the people of the whole region including Manipur are distressed over the death of Nido Taniam from Arunachal Pradesh as well as the incident of heckling of two Manipuri girls recently and the rape of a minor girl from Manipur on the night of February 7, 2014 .
The Union Home Sushil Kumar Shinde assured the Manipur Chief Minister that speedy action would be taken against the culprits involved in the incidents in accordance with law.