NEW DELHI, Feb 25: A Delhi court has sent a couple to 14-day judicial custody after they were charged with allegedly using racial slurs against their neighbours from Arunachal Pradesh.
The married couple, Ruby Jain and Harsh, were produced before Magistrate Bhanu Pratap Singh on Wednesday and remanded to judicial custody till March 11.
Delhi Police arrested the duo in connection with a case alleging that they hurled racial slurs at three neighbours in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar.
The arrests followed an investigation into an FIR registered at Malviya Nagar Police Station.
According to police, Ruby Jain allegedly made abusive and derogatory remarks against three women from Arunachal Pradesh during a dispute over repair work at their rented accommodation on February 20.
Police said the FIR initially invoked provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including charges of criminal intimidation, insulting the modesty of women, and promoting enmity between groups. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was also invoked against the arrested woman.
Atrocities on people from
NE won't be tolerated: Rijiju
nion Minister and Arunachal Pradesh MP Kiren Rijiju said atrocities on people from the Northeast will not be tolerated and strong action will be taken against those committing any such crime.
The Union Minister said he himself as well as his office were in touch with the authorities concerned from the day the incident was reported.
"I personally have spoken to police and following up on the action. Arrest has been made and strong legal action will be initiated. We will teach a lesson to ensure that no one ill treats anyone from the Northeast," Rijiju told reporters.
Rijiju said earlier, there were many incidents of torture on people from the Northeast and in a few cases, people even died but there was no one to even ask a question. "But now that situation has changed. We are here to protect our brothers and sisters from the Northeast," he said. (Agencies)