In yet another instance of violence against the North-Eastern people, three youth from Nagaland were allegedly thrashed and injured by eight people for refusing to have drinks with the attackers at Sikandarpur in Gurgaon late on Wednesday.
While the two Naga youths sustained severe injuries on different parts of their bodies, the other suffered minor injuries. One of them identified as James, a call centre employee, had his hair cut by the attackers, police said.
“My brother Sukoy and his friend James were allegedly forced to have drinks (liquor) while they were returning home to Sikandarpur. They were attacked when they refused to accept the offer,” Sukoy’s brother Sujoy said in his complaint.
“James was attacked with beer and whiskey bottles. He got head injuries and my
brother’s hair were cut forcefully,” he said.
The eight accused are residents of Sikandarpur village and had got into a heated argument with the trio when they refused to drink with them. They then beat up the Naga youth and cropped James hair. According to the Station House Officer (SHO) of DlF Phase 1 police station, James, Sukoy, and Aayug, an unemployed youth, were living in a rented room in Sikandarpur.
The victims were admitted in Gurgaon Civil Hospital where they underwent a medical examination on Thursday morning, the SHO added. James, alias Alato, has been referred to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for further treatment. The police have lodged an FIR on the basis of the medical report and victims’ statements. The SHO added that some of the accused have been identified and will soon be arrested.
Expressing concern over growing incidents of assault on Northeastern people, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he will take up the issue with the concerned State Governments, particularly Karnataka where the three North-Eastern students were assaulted for not speaking in Kannada.
The Home Ministry wrote to the Haryana Government seeking a report on the incident.