An 18-year-old college student died on Thursday
after being allegedly thrashed at a marketplace in
the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi, triggering
widespread protests in the Capital.
Nido Taniam, the son of Arunachal Pradesh
Congress legislator Nido Pavitra, was attacked on
Wednesday after an altercation broke out between
him and a shopkeeper over his hair colour.
The police are yet to arrest anyone in connection
with the case.
Taniam went to Lajpat Nagar to visit a friend,
Andhra Pradesh resident commissioner Avinash
Mishra said.
Unable to find the address, he entered a shop and
sought the shopkeeper's help, Mishra added.
According to JT Tagan, president of the Arunachal
Students' Union in the Capital, the shopkeeper
and some people present at the shop teased
Taniam over the colour of his hair.
Irked, Taniam broke a glass item in the shop, for
which he later paid Rs. 7,000, Mishra said while
talking to a TV channel.
An altercation broke out and the youth, a native
of Arunachal Pradesh, was allegedly beaten up
with sticks and iron rods. He succumbed to his
injuries on Thursday, Tagan said.
Some reports claimed the police had intervened
into the matter and detained Taniam, but later
dropped him on the same spot.
Reacting to the incident, AAP leader Dilip Pandey
said the Delhi Police should take prompt action
and book the accused at the earliest.
Police said they are questioning the shopkeepers
in Lajpat Nagar, which is news for a daring
daylight armed heist of around Rs. 8 crore
recently.
Northeast youth beaten to death in South Delhi - Hindustan Times
