Minutes before that, a group of people had barged into their flat and attacked his father, Chongtham Vikram Singh, after he asked them to lower the noise they had been making at night while drinking at a dhaba near their house. A college-going teen carried his injured father on his back and took a flight of narrow, dimly lit stairs to reach the ground floor fast so that he and his mother could dash to a hospital in no time.
“This is not a matter for playing politics. Action must be taken… Even though the suspects had fled, the Delhi Police arrested them very quickly,” Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said
After many such incidents, every northeast family in Delhi is asking the same question today – are we safe here?” said the leader of the Opposition party. CCTV footage showed several men taking the stairs on their way to attack Singh, and moments later Singh’s young son carrying his father on his back. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a post on X questioned the Union Home Ministry and the Delhi Police what they have been doing to “stop this growing lawlessness. “A father, killed outside his own home, in his own country’s capital. “People from the northeast region are Indians too. This is not a matter for playing politics. Action must be taken… Even though the suspects had fled, the Delhi Police arrested them very quickly. “Things are no longer as they used to be. We have put a system in place to take swift measures. Consequently, whenever an incident involving people from the northeast occurs in Delhi, immediate action is taken. “… His sudden death has left a loss that cannot be expressed in words. “We also ask the authorities to ensure fair and impartial investigation and to hold everyone responsible and accountable under the law. We are not seeking revenge. We are seeking justice. He had a name, a family and a life that mattered. We ask only that his memory be respected. Our grief be given dignity and justice be done.
The Delhi Police said seven men have been arrested and a minor has been detained. When I asked about the timeline for the chargesheet, the police told me it would be filed in court within eight to nine days to ensure speedy sentencing. It is crucial that the punishment be severe,” Rijiju said. We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of love and concern from family, friends and people across the country and for the support shown by the Delhi Police, leaders and public representatives,” she said and requested that her family “be allowed to grieve in peace and privacy. And this should not happen to others’ families as well,” she said.
