5 Year Jail term for making Racist remarks against North-Easterners

New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Friday announced that it was working to implement the recommendations of the Bezbaruah Committee, which was constituted to look into the concerns of people from the north-east.

As per the committee’s recommendations, Delhi police will appoint 20 police personnel from each north-east state and police exchange programs will also be initiated. He said the people from the north east will also get compensation and financial assistance under the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme, 2011.

According to reports, the Central Government is considering making amendments to Indian Panel Code in order to make any word, gesture or act intended to insult a member of a particular race, a non bailable offense with imprisonment that may extend to three years with fine.

The Bezbaruah Committee was formed in the aftermath of the shocking killing of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania in a Delhi market.

It was asked to look into the various concerns of persons hailing from the North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country, especially the Metropolitan areas, and to suggest suitable remedial measures which could be taken by the Government.

The Committee was chaired by M.P.Bezbaruah, IAS (Retd.) and had H.W.T. Syeim, IAS (Retd.), Alemtemshi Jamir, IAS(Retd.), Tape Bagra, IAS(Retd.) and P. Bharat Singh, IAS(Retd.) as members. Robin Hibu, IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi was also in the team of the Ministry of Home Affairs to assist the Committee.