Manipuri Naga girl, boy assaulted in Delhi
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, October 17 2011: A Naga girl from Manipur was sexually abused by a local man in North Delhi last night.

A boy who came to help the girl was also brutally beaten by the localites and help the accused flee, alleged a press release of the North East Support Centre and Helpline today.

According to the North East Support Centre & Helpline, the incident took place 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 sexually assaulted her.

When she raised alarm, a boy belonging to same community of the girl living nearby, came to her rescue and caught the man.

However two local boys attacked him and helped the accused in fleeing from the scene.

A Naga Student body rushed to Timapur police station and lodged a complaint against the molester.

A case was register under FIR 224/2011 and police detained the two boys who attacked the boy and allowed the molester to flee but did not filed any charges against them by the time of filing this report.

The man who assaulted the girl is still 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." it added.

"Timapur police station has records of how they have handled such cases.

Two Naga girls were molested by people who came for police recruitment in 2005 and two sisters from Manipur were molested in daylight by two men from the locality in Gandhi Vihar in 2008 under the same police station.

The cases were denied and delayed for four days until the pressure mounted.

rom 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, alleged the press release.

"India as a nation, particularly Delhi and National Capital Region have to convince the people of North East India that we are same citizens like any other Indians.

Denial and delay in delivering 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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