A group of students from Nagaland were allegedly denied entry into a super market in Mysuru with police booking the staff on Sunday after a video purportedly showing them being driven away went viral.
Commissioner of Police Dr Chandragupta in a statement said an FIR was registered immediately after the video was noticed and the manager and other staff of the store had been taken into custody.
"We urge people and shop owners/staff to desist from doing such acts and behave responsibly in this time of crisis," he added.
In the video, the students were heard saying "Why are you discriminating against us."
Posting the video in Twitter, Dolly Kikon wrote, "Meanwhile in Karnataka, Naga migrants from Northeast India not allowed to buy food. Shameful. Racism in India is an everyday affair."