Now comes….A 23-year-old boy of Manipur working in private restaurant was attacked inside a maruti car by three unidentified men in Najafgarth of south-west Delhi on Saturday mid-night. The boy was beaten into black and blue. He was attempted to kill but miraculously escaped from the jaws of death.
The incident happened at 1200 hrs on June 13, 2009 when the boy boarded a maruti car from his office, ‘Punjab Foot Point A.C. Family Restaurant’ at Najafgarth towards his home, Jaroda Kalan.
Unexpectedly, the boy was suddenly questioned by those three men who were inside the car. One of them asked the boy, “Are you Nepali?” and teased him with racial remarks. Then another guy asked him whether he carry any gadgets like mobile phones or some thing else. The boy replied them with humbly. Then those guys began laughing at him with all lewd comments.
Soon after that, the driver speed-up the car faster. The boy was frightened and he was helpless inside the moving car. The boy tried to go out of the vehicle. Then three man began attacking him. “They are punching me, kicking me, slapping and grasping me” said the boy in misery. The boy pleaded for their mercy, but his prayer was unheard all the way through. The car doors and windows were closed. He could not move nor defense himself. His nose was severely bleeding with a sharp cut on his eyebrows and bruise marks on his body.
The notorious guys took away his mobile handset, money purse and every thing he had on that fateful night.
Fortunately, the boy kick opened one of the side door. Through this, he jumped out immediately. According to the helpless boy, “he was continuously beaten for more than half an hour inside the moving car”.
Only few minutes passed, those guys came back in a group of 20-30 men in one truck to kill the north east boy.
Seeing a group of man repeatedly shouting, “Catch him…, Beat Him…, Kill Him…”, the boy ran for his life, though he could not walk properly after his wounds. The boy was chased along the road to Jaroda Kalan. At last he reached the gate of CRPF and entered therein.
The miscreants left the spot quickly. The registered number of the vehicles is not yet identified.
The boy belongs to Gelbung village of Sadar hills in Manipur. Just two months passed, he has been in Delhi. At present, he is staying with his brother, a CRPF in CRPF Camp at Jaroda Kalan.
No wonders the racial attacks on the north-east people is increasing day by day.
NB: The name of the victim is not mentioned in the above report in order to protect his identity. Incase, you want to contact the victim, this is his no. 09711298528. His Name is Mr. Mangboi, resides in New Delhi.
- From Bruce K. Thangkhal