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An 18-year-old college student died on Thursday after being
allegedly beaten up mercilessly at a marketplace in the Lajpat
Nagar area of Delhi, triggering widespread protests in the Capital.

Nido Taniam, the son of Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislator
Nido Pavitra, was attacked around 2pm on Wednesday after an
altercation broke out between him and a shopkeeper over his hair 
colour. 

The police reportedly detained three persons in connection with
the case. In the face of growing outrage, the Delhi government
ordered a magisterial inquiry into the case.

The incident has once again raised concerns over the security of
students from the north-east in the Capital.

Micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz on Friday, with some of the
users suggesting racism played a part in Taniam's death. The
mysterious death of 21-year-old Manipur resident Reingamphi
Awungshi at Chirag Dilli in May 2013 also featured in the
discussions.

"The death of a north-east student in New Delhi after being beaten
up is barbaric and condemnable," Bharatiya Janata Party leader
Arun Jaitley said on Twitter.

Taniam went to Lajpat Nagar to visit a friend on Wednesday,
Arunachal Pradesh resident commissioner Avinash Mishra said
while talking to a TV channel.

Unable to find the address, he entered a shop and sought the
shopkeeper's help, Mishra added.

According to JT Tagan, president of the Arunachal Students' Union
in the Capital, the shopkeeper and some people present at the shop
teased Taniam over the colour of his hair.

Irked, Taniam broke a glass item in the shop, for which he later
paid Rs. 7,000, Mishra said.

An altercation broke out and the youth was allegedly beaten up
with sticks and iron rods by a group of around seven men. He
succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, Tagan said.

A youth claiming to be Taniam's cousin alleged he saw an injury
mark on his neck and his lips were torn. "The family has been
informed. As they won't be able to come here, we will take the body
back home," he said.

"This is surely about racism. Everybody in Delhi discriminates
against us based on our looks. We are living in India, but we don't
know whether we are actually living in India or not," he told a TV
channel.

A police official said, "Taniam's post-mortem has been carried out
in AIIMS. The cause of death would be clear only after the autopsy
report. There was some altercation he had on Wednesday, we are
investigating the case."

 Some reports claimed the police had intervened into the matter
and detained Taniam, but later dropped him at the same spot.

Reacting to the incident, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Dilip
Pandey said the Delhi Police should take prompt action and book
the accused at the earliest.

Turning the heat on the police force, he added, "The way
lawlessness is prevailing in the state needs to be checked... Delhi
Police will have to take the responsibility to stop such incidents."

 According to TV reports, students from the north-east are likely to
stage a protest in Delhi on Saturday.

Binalakshmi Nepram, founder of non-governmental organisation
Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network, accused the police of
initially refusing to register an FIR in the case.

The government condemned the incident in a statement, saying,
"We are working on ordering a magisterial inquiry into this death,
which is not only tragic but raises serious questions on the alleged
beating reportedly in public view."

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal directed education minister Manish
Sisodia to probe the matter and revert with the details, news
agency IANS reported.