Northeastern students seek justice for NIDO TANIA after his death - Demanding justice, students from the country's northeastern states held a protest on Saturday at the market where a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh was beaten up, leading to his death.
They carried placards with slogans including "Hang the culprits," and "Why are we treated like outsiders?"
"This was a racist hate crime," said Albina Subba, an advertising writer originally from the northeast Himalayan town of Darjeeling.
"Our community is often targeted like this. ... We look different, so it's easy for people to see we're not from Delhi."
She added: "We have little faith in the Delhi police, but this time we want them to take action."
A Facebook page titled "Justice for Nido Tania" had received support from more than 19,000 people by early Sunday morning (NZT).
"There is no place for elements trying to spread hatred against people belonging to any particular part of the country," Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a statement.
Several hundred people protested outside a Delhi police station Saturday, shouting demands for justice against what they called a hate crime.
The capital's newly elected chief minister Kejriwal asked that a magistrate investigate the incident as well as the police response.
Police detained two shopkeepers and launched a murder investigation Friday night, after being criticized for doing little following Wednesday's altercation.
"We are questioning several people in the case," said Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Many indigenous people from India's northeast, some ethnically closer to people in Myanmar and China, often say they encounter racism and discrimination in the rest of India.
Lok Sabha MP and Sikkim Democratic Front spokesperson P.D. Rai Saturday condemned the incident, saying the state's people were "horrified" on knowing about Tania's death and its causes as it played out on TV and social media.
"We wholeheartedly condemn this kind of racist slur and violence that happened in the middle of a major market in New Delhi," Rai said in a statement.
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"This was a racist hate crime," said Albina Subba, an advertising writer originally from the northeast Himalayan town of Darjeeling.
"Our community is often targeted like this. ... We look different, so it's easy for people to see we're not from Delhi."
She added: "We have little faith in the Delhi police, but this time we want them to take action."
A Facebook page titled "Justice for Nido Tania" had received support from more than 19,000 people by early Sunday morning (NZT).
"There is no place for elements trying to spread hatred against people belonging to any particular part of the country," Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a statement.
Several hundred people protested outside a Delhi police station Saturday, shouting demands for justice against what they called a hate crime.
The capital's newly elected chief minister Kejriwal asked that a magistrate investigate the incident as well as the police response.
Police detained two shopkeepers and launched a murder investigation Friday night, after being criticized for doing little following Wednesday's altercation.
"We are questioning several people in the case," said Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Many indigenous people from India's northeast, some ethnically closer to people in Myanmar and China, often say they encounter racism and discrimination in the rest of India.
Lok Sabha MP and Sikkim Democratic Front spokesperson P.D. Rai Saturday condemned the incident, saying the state's people were "horrified" on knowing about Tania's death and its causes as it played out on TV and social media.
"We wholeheartedly condemn this kind of racist slur and violence that happened in the middle of a major market in New Delhi," Rai said in a statement.
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