TISS scholar from Manipur murdered in south Delhi; youth attacked in Bangalore; police detain three suspects
Police zero in on suspect of murder, hate crimes continue
Source: The Sangai Express

N Delhi/B'lore, November 20 2014: A 33-year-old man from the State was found murdered at his home in Kotla area of south Delhi late Wednesday evening and a 22-year-old youth from Manipur was attacked by three people in IT city Bangalore on Wednesday.

The man found murdered in Delhi has been identified as Zingran Kengoo, a PhD scholar.

Kengoo was a student of TISS Mumbai, pursuing his PhD.

He moved to Delhi recently from Mumbai.

A native of Hoomi village in Ukhrul district, Kengoo was living at house No 22, Gurudwara road in Kotla Mubarakpur.

The incident came to fore at around 9.30 pm on Wednesday.

Zingran Kengoo while he was alive and the injured Samuel at hospital

The murder was discovered by his house owner's son who found him lying in a pool of blood and informed the police which soon rushed to the spot.

They found Kengoo with a slit throat and his head almost beheaded.

A knife was also recovered from his room while his belongings were left untouched.

His body was sent to the hospital for post mortem and the relatives were subsequently informed.

The cops have registered a case of murder and are interrogating several people in this connection.

The cops suspect a known person to have committed the murder out of personal enmity.

Further investigation is in progress.

In yet another incident of a racist attack, a 22-year-old Manipuri youth was attacked by three people in IT city Bangalore on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old, who was badly injured has been hospitalised.

Samuel, who is currently in a hospital, said he was attacked when the assailants realised that he was different looking.

Meanwhile, the Bangalore police stated that the previous day's incident in which a man hailing from the North East was attacked was a drunken altercation.

"Three people who were drunk were walking on the road when they saw this Manipuri student.

When they saw him, there was an altercation.

I don't want to delve into what extent it could be occasioned by the fact that the student was from the North East, because we are dealing with three drunken people," Bangalore Police Commissioner MN Reddi told a news agency.

"When they had an altercation, they had a fight.

They hit him and he was injured.

He was admitted.

The local police acted very swiftly and the assailants have been booked under the appropriate sections of the law.

Action will be taken against them," he added.

This is not the first hate crime against 'outsiders', especially people from the North East.

The latest incident comes a month after three students from the North East were allegedly beaten in October in a Bangalore locality for not speaking Kannada.

The group was speaking in English while they waited for the food to be served.

A group of Kannadiga youngsters, who were sitting at the adjacent table, objected to the Manipuri youth speaking in English.

The police later arrested the local youth and booked them for intimidation and assault.

Bangalore is home to around 240,000 people from the North East.

In 2012, a rumour that they will be attacked had led to a mass exodus before things were brought under control by the State Government.

In a similar incident, three students, including a girl, belonging to the North East region, were allegedly beaten up by some residents of Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi in the month of October.

According to police, the three youths are residents of Assam and are pursuing a course in photography.

The incident took place when they were roaming around in Prakash Colony and clicking pictures.