Northeast students protest in Delhi, laticharged by cops

Zee Media Bureau/Himanshu Kapoor

New Delhi: Northeast students protesting at Raisina Hill here against the attacks on people from the northeartern states and demanding justice for the Nido Taniam, a student from Arunachal Pradesh who died in the national capital after allegedly beaten up, were laticharged by the Delhi Police on Friday.
According to reports, at least 50 protesting students have been detained by the police from the protest venue. The students who were protesting at the Jantar Mantar broke through the security cordon and reached Raisina Hill shouting slogans.
Supreme Court today issued guidelines to the Centre and state governments for providing protection to people from northeast in various parts of the country.