Two students from NE thrashed in South Delhi

NEW DELHI: In yet another incident that points to rising violence against students from the Northeast, a 21-year-old student’s nose was fractured
while another student was badly beaten up by a group of unidentified men near South Extension-II on Thursday. The police said they have registered a case and have detained a few suspects.

According to the cops, the victims Yanshum Thung (21), a BA final year student at Dyal Singh College, and Niuto (23), who is pursuing MBBS from Safdarjung Hospital hail from Nagaland and were returning to their Kotla Mubarakpur residence when some miscreants threw momos at them. The two were returning from Gautam Budh Nagar at 8.30pm and had stopped at an eating joint when a boy allegedly threw food at Yanshum. On this, Yanshum retaliated.

“We had stopped near South Ex Part II and were having food when some men threw momos on us. When we asked the four men at the corner of the road why they were throwing momos, they started abusing us. However, some locals intervened and the matter was settled. We left for our house in a few minutes,” one of the victims told police.

“After this, when Yanshum and Niuto proceeded towards an ATM near their house, the same men again came and threw a stone at them. Yanshum’s nose was fractured, he started bleeding and fell unconscious. Niuto, meanwhile, was was allegedly beaten up by the five accused with sticks. He also suffered injuries,” said a senior police officer.

The assailants fled the spot and the victims informed their friends who, in turn, called the police. Both were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where a medical examination was conducted. The two were discharged on Friday. A group of students from Northeast also reached the spot and complained of alleged racial abuse by area locals.

“We have registered a case under Section 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 323 (hurt) and 34 (common intention) at Kotla Mubarakpur police station and have detained few suspects for questioning,” said a senior police officer.

A member of Lotha Community from Nagaland, K Jami told Times City, “We received a call late in the night and rushed to the spot. The two were badly beaten up by the locals. We have filed a complaint and are pursuing the matter with the authorities.”

Source: Times of India