North East Support Centre & Helpline

 

 

 

For Immediate Release

Gurgaon Police & Administration might need another Gruesome Incident to Wake up to NE Plights

FIR Refused on Showroom Molestation in Gurgaon Mall

 

New Delhi, November 9, 2009

 

Gurgaon Police and administration seem waiting another gruesome incident to wake up as Delhi police woke up to the plights face by North East communities in capital by the gruesome killing of a 19-year-old Naga girl in Munirka on October 25 by IIT PhD student.

 

The case of a Naga girl from Manipur molested by a show room manager in Gurgaon Metropolitan Mall on Friday night is refused by Gurgaon DLF Phase 2 police station even after 50 hours. Delaying to register the complaint has given long enough for the culprit to come with after-thought idea to confront the case.

 

Accused has threatened the victim, her friends and North East Support Centre & Helpline personnel not to lodge complaint in police station, otherwise face consequences.

 

North East Support Centre & Helpline received a threatening call from some one called himself Serpunch of Sikanderpur, where the victims resides and said, “Mistaken are happened, the accused is his relative, do not lodge complaint in Police station, his career will be spoiled, let use compromised.”

 

The matter was informed to Commissioner Police of Gurgaon through a letter dated November 7, 2009 and North East Support Centre & Helpline has spoken to Police Officer on duty at DLF Phase 2 police station and Additional Commission Police Mr. Sumit Kumar yesterday. Both senior police office and on duty has repeatedly said that they will verify from the victim and accused.

 

Advocate Lansinglu Rongmei, President of North East Support Centre & Helpline reacts, “As per the guidelines of Court, the statement of the victim is enough for Police on duty to register the complaint and thereafter police might take action and carry on the verification.”

 

In 2007, under same Gurgaon DLF Phase 2 police station, a case of minor girl from Manipur was attempted rape and molested repeatedly, the same police officers refused to take the complaint until the help from Mr. Mahendra Singh, then Gurgaon Commission of Police with the help of Dr. John Dayal – member of National Integration Council. 

 

Reluctance of police to register the case and take action accordingly will give a negative message to the accused and others who advances on North East girls to target easily as they go free. Leaving the cases like this will definitely lead to the menace of racial discrimination to North East people in the days to come.

 

North East Support Centre & Helpline will wait for one more day for Gurgaon Police to book the accuse, thereafter reserves it rights to approach National Commission for Women, National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for SC/ST and Civil Societies and Human Rights groups.

 

Stories do not end here, there are more incidents reported without any action taken. Rampant Racial Attack on North East Communities Continues.

On November 6 – A 20-year-old girl from Ukhrul district, Manipur belonging to Tangkhul tribe, was molested by her Show room manager in Metropolitan Mall, Gurgaon at 9.20PM after rejecting his advances by showing nude pictures in computer.

On November 4 – A 22-year-old boy from Churachandpur district, Manipur belonging to Paite tribe, was beaten by locals at Sikanderpur, Gurgaon at 9PM

On November 3 – Two boys of age 20s from Ukhrul district, Manipur belonging to Tangkhul Naga tribe, working in Mall in Gurgaon were severely attacked at 9PM in Sikanderpur Gurgaon, Haryana by locals.

On November 3 – Two girls of age 20s from Ukhrul district, Manipur belonging to Tangkhul Naga tribe, working in Mall in Gurgaon were attacked and pushed in drainage in Sikanderpur, Gurgaon at 8 pm. They managed to run away from the scene.

On October 25 – A 19-year-old girl from Ukhrul district, Manipur belonging to Tangkhul Naga tribe was murdered by an IIT PhD scholar in Munirka after she rejected his advances.

On October 22 – A 21-year-old Jamia Millia Islamia student from Arunachal Pradesh was molested by a group of boys inside their school in South Delhi.

On October 15 - A 23-year-old Call Centre working girl from Mao district, Manipur, belonging to Mao tribe was in Naraina, New Delhi while coming from work at 10 PM.

On October 12 - A Naga couple from North East India was severely beaten by localites in Delhi on late Saturday night. The complaint was denied initially by police officer on duty and registered complaint after 20 hours.

On October 12 – A 24-year-old girl from North East was dragged inside a Maruti van bear Sarojini Nagar. She managed to raise an alarm and is saved by passerby.

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.

 

Released by

 

 

Mr. Madhu Chandra

Spokes Person

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