Dimapur, May 24 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has condemned the alleged assault and molestation of a Naga woman at Vishwavidyalaya metro station, Delhi on May 22, and also the assault on leaders of the Naga Students’ Union Delhi (NSUD) by a group of lawyers at Tiz Hazari Court on May 23 during the hearing of the aforementioned case. “It is quite disheartening and enraging to learn that none of the officials in the court intervened though the inhuman act is being perpetrated right in front of them,” stated NSF president Tongpang Ozukum and general secretary Esther Rhakho in a press statement. The NSF has condemned and questioned the “legality and integrity” of the Tiz Hazari Court. “Are they (Court) not supposed to protect and safeguard the people, no matter to which community, caste, religion of region they belong? Are they not supposed to deliver justice to the people of all section?”
The NSF has wondered why the Delhi police are always late when such incidents happen to the people of the North East. The NSF further asked whether the Government of India or the Government of Delhi has a “separate law” for the people of the North East. “The People of North East Region has suffered enough, therefore it is high time that the policy makers should enact stringent law against such perpetrators and strictly implement in letter and spirit,” asserted the NSF. The Federation has appealed to law enforcing agencies to punish the perpetrators and the lawyers involved in the assault incident as per the law. It also appealed to all the people of the North East, particularly the Naga people residing in Delhi, to participate in the protest on May 27 at Bar Council of India, Delhi to show solidarity and support for the cause “we have been fighting for.”
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