An 18-year-old college going student from Arunachal Pradesh was beaten to death by a group of men in the crowded commercial locality of Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi. The victim is identified as Nido Taniam, who on Wednesday went out with three of his friends. At Lajpat Nagar, Nido along with friends were looking for an address. A group of men  were alleged to be making fun of his hair style.

As the incident got serious, Nido broke the glass of the shop and around seven to eight men rushed to Nido and attacked him. The group hit Nido with sticks, iron rods and have hurt him very severely. The next day morning Nido was found dead in his room in Green Park Extension and the family accused he died of his injuries.

Nido is son of an Arunchal Pradesh MLA and this incident came a like and again the Delhi Police were hit by a controversy as the allegations against come in this case of taking bribe and settling the case for Rupees 10,000. So far the police have detained only one person from the sweet shop and the The Northeast community has decided to hold a protest march on Saturday in front of the sweet shop.

Union Minority Affairs minister Ninong Ering, who also hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has expressed shock over the racist incident. Ninong demanded for a thorough probe and punishment of the accused.

(AW: Vamshi)