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In an act that displays blatant racism a woman, hailing from Manipur, was spat on by a biker in Mumbai’s Kalina area on Monday, 6 April. The 25-year-old, who has been working in Mumbai for 6 years now, was on her way to collect groceries being distributed by the Naga Students’ Union Mumbai (NSUM).
While trying to cross the road near the Kalina Atulji main signal with her sister, the girls noticed a person riding a two-wheeler stop in front of them. He then proceeded to take off his mask, spat at the sisters and then sped away.
While her sister managed to step out of the way, the 25-year-old couldn’t. She sustained spit stains on her shirt. This is her first brush with racial discrimination in Mumbai, she said.
“I have been living here for the past six years but I never faced any such incidents of racial discrimination before,” she said, adding,
Mumbai police have filed an FIR against the unidentified accused under sections 270 and 352 IPC. This includes being booked for a malignant act that is likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
The National Commission for Women meanwhile, took suo motu cognisance of the incident and clarified that it will look into the matter for appropriate action.
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