Student body demands setting up of help desk for NE people

The NESO, is an umbrella organisation of students’ bodies in the north eastern states.

Jyrwa said the desk should be headed by a senior police officer or preferably an IAS officer to ensure prompt and immediate help in case of any reported hate crimes in these cities.

In the past 72 hours, five persons were attacked by local gangs allegedly in hate crime incidents in Bangalore and in Gurgaon.

In both the incidents, Jyrwa said, the police could not reach the spot on time thereby causing severe injuries to the victims due to the attack.

The help desk could facilitate immediate rescue services if the need arises once the centre is made known to the people, he said.

Condemning the incidents, the NESO leader said he ould take up the matter with the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Khiren Rijiju.

NESO had earlier this year taken up the matter with the Home Ministry when Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania was killed in Delhi.