A Naga Girl from Manipur Sexually Assaulted and A Boy Attacked in Delhi
- North East Support Centre & Helpline -

New Delhi, October 17, 2011

North East Support Centre & Helpline
Sector 6, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075,
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A Naga girl from Manipur was sexually abused by a local man in North Delhi last night. A boy who came to help her was brutally beaten by localites and help the accused fled.

According to source reaching to North East Support Centre & Helpline, the incident happened when Ms Joyce (name changed) was making telephone call from a public phone booth last night at around 8:30 PM, a man came from behind and assaulted her. When she raised alarm, a boy belong to same community living nearby, came for her rescue and caught the man. Meanwhile, two local boys attacking him and helped the accused to fled from the scene.

A Naga Student body rushed to Timapur police station and lodged a complaint against the molester. A case is register under FIR 224/2011 and two men who attacked the boy and allowed the molester to fled are detained in police station without any FIR is registered against them until the filing of the report. The man who assaulted the girl is absconding.

Madhu Chandra - spokesperson of North East Support Centre & Helpline spoke to a senior police officer posted in North Delhi campus and expressed the helplessness when law enforcing agencies do not perform their duties. He took up the matter with police officer on duty at Timapur Police station.

"Timapur police station has records of how they have handled the such cases. Two Naga girls were molested by people who came for police recruiting in 2005 and two sisters from Manipur molested in daylight by two men from local in Gandhi Vihar in 2008 under same police station. The cases were denied and delayed for four days until the pressure mounted from media and top officials. These cases are not justified till today" say Madhu Chandra.

Indian Constitution guarantees equality of justice to citizens irrespective of caste, race, religion and place of birth, but it has been always different when it comes to the people from North East India.

"India as a nation, particularly Delhi and National Capital Region have to convince the people of North East India that we are same citizens. Denial and delay in delivery justice to the victims from North East India is a constitutional violation. Xenophobia in law enforcing agencies must be stopped immediately," says Madhu Chandra.

North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East People and tribal communities of different states.

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