BLOODY TRAIL

Men and women from the Northeast are routinely attacked. 10 to 15 women are found dead in their rented rooms every year.

2014 JAN 29

Nido Taniam, 19, son of a Congress MLA, was beaten to death by shopkeepers in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar. Taniam, a first-year BA student, was on his way to a friend’s house when a shopkeeper mocked the colour of his hair. Taniam's death in the scuffle triggered protests across the city.

FEB 09

Two Manipuri men — Ginkhansuan Naulak, 24, and his cousin Vumsuanmung Naulak, 25 — were hospitalised after being beaten with sticks by a group of youths who called them “chinki” and “Nepali”. The incident took place in south-east Delhi’s Ambekdar Nagar.

JULY 21

Akha Salouni, 29, was beaten to death by a group of drunk men during a traffic dispute. Salouni was returning home late with two friends in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur when their auto was followed by a car which was repeatedly honking. While his two friends fled to ask for help, Salouni got into a quarrel with the men and was beaten to death.

2016 APR 27

Bengaluru police arrested an auto rickshaw driver for racially insulting and physically threatening an 18-year-old from Mizoram. The young woman wrote about her ordeal on Facebook, which went viral.

2017 MAR 06

Higio Gungtey, 20, a student from Arunachal Pradesh who was studying in Bengaluru, was beaten by his landlord, who also forced Gungtey to lick his shoes, following a tiff over the usage of water.