Dimapur, July 21 : A woman from Nagaland has alleged racial discrimination against KR Puram police and that the police not only refused to register a complaint of robbery but were callous in their treatment of the case.
A Naga person, identified by a The Hindu report on Thursday as a Sonny Tsanglao, had alleged that two men on a bike snatched her wallet on July 13 at T.C. Palya signal.
Tsangalo reported the matter to the police station and had sought to lodge a complaint, the report stated.
“The personnel refused to lodge an FIR and made us change our statement. Instead of theft/robbery, they told us to write that the wallet, containing documents and cash, was lost. They asked us our nationality, which country we are from. I replied Nagaland, India, which seemed like a joke to them. They smirked and one of them said ‘oh..! India…. and Manipur is the capital of Nagaland’. It was pure racial discrimination,” she posted on the Facebook page of the Bengaluru City Police.
She was also reported to have claimed to have spoken in English and Hindi, but allegedly none of the police personnel could understand either language.
A senior police officer from the East Division said that the complaint was forwarded to them by the Facebook team and ‘it is being looked into.’
