{"id":282615,"date":"2026-05-13T00:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282615"},"modified":"2026-05-13T00:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:53:54","slug":"sangma-calls-for-stringent-action-against-ne-womans-assault-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/sangma-calls-for-stringent-action-against-ne-womans-assault-in-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sangma calls for stringent action against NE woman&#8217;s assault in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SHILLONG, 12 May:<\/strong> Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday expressed concerns over the alleged assault of a woman from the Northeast in Delhi and called for stringent legal action against the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He condemned the alleged physical and racial harassment faced by the woman from Assam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Such repeated acts of violence and discrimination cannot be dismissed as isolated incidents and must be met with the strictest punishment under the law,&#8221; Sangma said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two women, one from Assam and the other from Nagaland, were allegedly molested and assaulted by a group of men outside a hotel in southeast Delhi&#8217;s Nehru Place, the Delhi Police said on Monday, adding that all four suspects involved in the incident have been detained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident occurred at around 6.30 am on 10 May, near a tea stall outside the hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sangma also urged the authorities to take immediate action against those involved and ensure the safety and dignity of people from the Northeast residing in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Racial discrimination and violence against people from the Northeast have no place in our society and must be dealt with firmly,&#8221; the chief minister added.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHILLONG, 12 May: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday expressed concerns over the alleged assault of a woman from the Northeast in Delhi and called for stringent legal action against the accused. He condemned the alleged physical and racial harassment faced by the woman from Assam. &#8220;Such repeated acts of violence and discrimination [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282618,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282615\/revisions\/282618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}