Reacting to the death of a youth, belonging to Arunachal Pradesh, after he was beaten with sticks in South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area, Minister of State for Ministry of Minority Affairs Ninong Ering on Friday condemned the incident and demanded that justice should be delivered in the case.
"We condemn this incident because such mishappenings with our children from Northeast send across a very wrong message," Erring told media here today.
"This is a very serious issue. We express our condolences to their family. I tried to contact them and I got to know that his mother has been hospitalized. His father is coming back," he added.
Stating that youth from Northeast have been staying in different states and cities, Erring said their style and fashion is very different.
"Their clothes are also different. Even their mindsets are different. And people see them as strange in mainland India. It is wrong to pass comments on the clothes and style of northeastern people," he said.
"We need to change the mindset of the people in mainland India. We want justice in this case. We request the people of the nation to ensure that such an incident should not be repeated," he added.
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Nido Taniam, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, had reportedly gone to Lajpat Nagar on January 29 in search of an address, and was allegedly mocked by someone at a shop for the style his hair.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Resident Commissioner Avinash Mishra said that the boy, in a fit of rage, broke a glass at the shop.
"It is a general tendency that whenever people from North-East come, people in Delhi mock them. It has become a practice. So, the boy became angry and he may have punched the glass and it cracked, for which he paid the money also. Because of this, there was a fight. He was alone, and people beat him with sticks, and he was injured," he said.
"Police came and took him to Lajpat Nagar police station, and amicably it was settled, and the boy was handed over to his uncle, and they went home,' he added.
Mishra further said that the boy's friends rushed him to AIIMS the next day when he didn't wake up, where he was declared dead.
"In the meantime, there may be some vital internal injury on his head. His friends said that he slept at night, and in the morning they realized he is still sleeping. His friends rushed him to AIIMS, they declared him dead," he said
"It will come out in the post mortem report because it is known, and we are only anticipating that due to some injury he died," he added.
Mishra also said that the police should act immediately after the post mortem report is out, and book the culprits responsible for such a heinous crime.