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MPHAL: Naga women bodies in Manipur have termed the murder of Ramchanphy Hongray a "systematic racial attack" on northeasterners and urged all
concerned to stop such assaults immediately.
Nineteen-year-old Hongray of Greenland in Ukhrul district was allegedly killed after being raped by her fellow tenant Pushpan Kumar Sinha (30), a PhD scholar of IIT-New Delhi, on Saturday night. Five years ago, Leishichon Shaiza, a Naga girl from Ukhrul was murdered in Mumbai.
Hongray went to New Delhi to visit her elder sister who works there. Since she was new, she had to spend most of the time indoors while her sister was away for work. Taking advantage of the situation, Sinha committed the heinous crime.
Expressing shock over Hongray's murder, Naga Women Union Manipur (NWUM), has cautioned that any attempt by Delhi Police to dub the murder as an isolated case will further hurt the sentiments of people from the North-East.
"NWUM believes the media will not shy away from this kind of racial discrimination against people from the North-East," said union president Grace Shatsang on Tuesday.
The Tangkhul Shanao Long (TSL) said attacks on people from the North-East, especially students studying in New Delhi, has given rise to fear psychosis and a sense of alienation.
"TSL is also shocked by the manner in which Delhi Police is trying to divert such issues as isolated cases' instead of ensuring safety of people from the North-East," said a statement issued by its president AS Dinah and general secretary Ys Praising.
MPHAL: Naga women bodies in Manipur have termed the murder of Ramchanphy Hongray a "systematic racial attack" on northeasterners and urged all
concerned to stop such assaults immediately.
Nineteen-year-old Hongray of Greenland in Ukhrul district was allegedly killed after being raped by her fellow tenant Pushpan Kumar Sinha (30), a PhD scholar of IIT-New Delhi, on Saturday night. Five years ago, Leishichon Shaiza, a Naga girl from Ukhrul was murdered in Mumbai.
Hongray went to New Delhi to visit her elder sister who works there. Since she was new, she had to spend most of the time indoors while her sister was away for work. Taking advantage of the situation, Sinha committed the heinous crime.
Expressing shock over Hongray's murder, Naga Women Union Manipur (NWUM), has cautioned that any attempt by Delhi Police to dub the murder as an isolated case will further hurt the sentiments of people from the North-East.
"NWUM believes the media will not shy away from this kind of racial discrimination against people from the North-East," said union president Grace Shatsang on Tuesday.
The Tangkhul Shanao Long (TSL) said attacks on people from the North-East, especially students studying in New Delhi, has given rise to fear psychosis and a sense of alienation.
"TSL is also shocked by the manner in which Delhi Police is trying to divert such issues as isolated cases' instead of ensuring safety of people from the North-East," said a statement issued by its president AS Dinah and general secretary Ys Praising.
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