Bengaluru: A supermarket in Mysuru have been alleged of not letting Nagaland students enter in their premises. Police have booked the mall staff on Sunday after a video showing how the mall staff drove away the students went viral.
Police Commissioner, Dr Chandragupta in his official media statement said an FIR has been registered immediately after the video was noticed and the manager and other staff of the store had been taken into custody.
“We urge people and shop owners/staff to desist from doing such acts and behave responsibly in this time of crisis,” he added.
We can clearly see in the video the students of Nagaland defends themselves saying, “Why are you discriminating against us.”
After posting the video, Dolly Kikon wrote, “Meanwhile in Karnataka, Naga migrants from Northeast India not allowed to buy food. Shameful. Racism in India is an everyday affair.”
The incident has come to light after the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to take action against those harassing people from the Northeast by linking them with COVID-19 after such incidents were reported in some places.
It has said such incidents are racially discriminatory and painful to the victims.
