Are you running a massage parlour? Arunachal women allege racial abuse in Delhi
India Today
A minor dispute over AC installation dust in Delhi's Malviya Nagar has escalated into serious allegations of racial abuse against a UPSC aspirant and her roommates from the Northeast.
A minor disagreement over dust from an air conditioner installation spiralled into allegations of racial abuse in Delhi, with a UPSC aspirant from Arunachal Pradesh and her two roommates accusing their neighbours of calling them “sex workers” and targeting them for being from the Northeast.
The incident took place on February 20 at a rented flat in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar. An FIR has since been registered against the accused couple, though no arrests have been made so far.
According to the women, the altercation began around 3.30 pm when they called an electrician to install an air conditioner at their fourth-floor flat. During drilling, some dust and debris fell onto the balcony of the flat below, prompting objections from neighbours Harsh Singh and his wife Ruby Jain.
“We live on the fourth floor, and they live on the first floor. We had called an electrician to install an air conditioner. As he had to drill a small hole to fit a box, some dust fell onto the balcony of the neighbours on the ground floor. It was a minor issue, but they began abusing our electrician,” one of the women told PTI Videos.
She said they apologised immediately. “We apologised and explained it wasn't intentional, but they kept hurling more insults at us.”
What began as a complaint over debris soon turned personal, with the women alleging that the couple began targeting their northeastern identity.
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CCTV footage of the incident shows the accused seated among several other women and browsing through clothes. Meanwhile, her 5-year-old son discreetly picks up a purse from inside a bag kept behind one of the unsuspecting customers.
The crime came to light two days later when the younger girls informed their mother. A case has been registered under BNS provisions, and further investigation is underway.