New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) A girl student from Manipur pursuing Hotel Management here has been allegedly molested by a man near a bus stop in South Delhi, police said today. The incident happened around 11.30 pm last night in Munirka when the woman had gone to the bus stop to pick up her sister, they said.
The 26-year-old victim, however, raised an alarm after 28-year-old accused Devender Singh allegedly committed the offence. Her friends came to the rescue and they chased the accused, caught him and took him to the police station, police said.
She alleged there was a delay in registration of case, but police denied the claim. The victim stays with her sister in a rented accommodation in the locality for the past six years.
The accused lives in the same area and is known to the victim, they said. A 19-year-old Naga girl was killed in last October in the same locality.
The recurrent attacks on the North-east students have spread panic among them, Northeast Support Centre, an organisation working for the causes of northeast students, said.
Another NE girl molested in Delhi
New Delhi, March 14: A North East girl was molested last night by a resident of Murnika, New Delhi. Accused was caught and handed over to local police station, a report of the NE Support Centre and Helpline, an NGO in the city said.
North East girls continue to face sexual harassment in Delhi and National capital.
Panic spread once again among young girls from NE in the wake of another molestation case last night at Munrika, the report said.
Murnika is the place where sexual harassment of NE girls is on a rise. Last year a 19-years-old Naga girl was murdered on October 25. The incident brought the attention from Delhi police, Delhi government to handle zero tolerance on the racial harassment face by North East communities.
According to the north East Support Centre & Helpline, the incident happened at around 12 midnight yesterday. Ms Sonia (name changed) 22-years-old belonging to Hrmar tribe of Manipur working in a private company, went to the local bus parking to pick her younger sister, returning from work.
She was molested by a man age around 28-years, who is known her.
When raied an alarm and her friends living nearby came forward to help her.
They caught the accused and handed him over to the Vasant Vihar police station, and gave verbal complaint. The Vansant Vihar police station this morning told North East Support Centre & Helpline that an FIR (First Information Report) No. 71/2010 was registered against the accused. North East Support Centre & Helpline (www.nehelpline.net) is combined initiative of various human rights activists, social workers, students, journalists and lawyers, a branch of All India Christian Council seeking to prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, North East people and tribal communities of different states.(IFP)
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