Morung Express News
Dimapur | August 12
Two youths from the north-east were injured in an appalling case of assault in Delhi on August 12. The incident occurred in South Delhi’s bustling Hauz Khas neighbourhood, yet again bringing into question the safety of people from the north-east region in the national capital.
One of the victims was from Nagaland and the other from Manipur.
As stated by Naga students in Delhi, the assault occurred around 2:00-3:00am on Sunday. “They were returning to their residence in Safdarjung from their workplace when they were attacked by a group of local youths,” informed a Naga student leader in Delhi.
The victims, Aliba Sangtam and Satminhao Kipgen, are employed at a restaurant in Hauz Khas.
As per the account of the incident, the attackers, numbering around 6 people, and a few others were reportedly inebriated and quarreling among themselves when the victims were crossing the place heading home. For reasons unknown, the quarreling youths, who were said to be college students, went after the victims and started assaulting them. After the assault, one of the victims, managed to call a cousin, who took them to hospital and a police complaint was also lodged at Safdarjung Police Station. The Naga Students’ Union Delhi and Kuki Students’ Orgnisation, Delhi was also informed.
The police complaint was later withdrawn after the families of the attackers appealed for leniency. It was informed that the families of the attackers will bear the medical expenses of the victims and also pay a month’s worth of salary to the victims for the anticipated work-days lost during recuperation. The conditions of the victims were said to be stable.
