Six Year Old Northeast Girl Raped and Murdered in Delhi

Racial Discrimination Against Northeast Communities Continue in Delhi New Delhi, Apr 18 : A six year old girl from Manipur belonging to a Naga tribe was raped and murdered in Mahipalpur, New Delhi today. Racial discrimination in the North East communities living in Delhi and NCR continues. Fact finding teams led by Advocate Lansinglui Rongmei, President of the North East Support Centre & Helpline rushed to the spot where the incident happened and confirmed the rape and murder of the victim. Sources reaching the North East Support Centre & Helpline told them that the six year old girl went to dry clothes on the roof of the rented house her parents are staying in at 1:00 p.m. When the girl did not return back home her mother went up to the roof and did not find her. After 45 minutes her body was found in a water tank on the roof of another building. The body was rushed to the Spinal Injury Centre, Vasant Kunj and later confirmed that she had been raped and murdered. The NE Helpline called the Vasant Kunj police station and reported the matter. Sources from the Vasant Kunj Police station confirmed that a man living in the same building where the girl was found has been arrested and a Nepali boy is absconding. The girl was staying in Mahipalpur with her mother who is a nurse professionally and her father a businessman. The North East Support Centre & Helpline calls upon the Delhi Government and NCR to take up the appropriate measurement to stop the discrimination meted out to North East people. People from North East India living in Delhi and NCR are facing severe racial discrimination. In Gurgaon two girls were beaten by a landlord in December and another raped and later turned hostile in the court. In March a boy was beaten with cable operators and two girls by a Rickshaw driver. Most of these cases are pending at the police station. 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. The All India Christian Council (www.aiccindia.org), birthed in 1998, exists to protect and serve the Christian community, minorities, and the oppressed castes. The aicc is a coalition of thousands of Indian denominations, organizations, and lay leaders.

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