Delhi racial harassment allegations involving a Tripura youth have triggered demands for police action after a purported video showing a content creator allegedly making derogatory remarks about him circulated on social media. Political leaders in Tripura have condemned the incident and called for legal proceedings against the person identified in the report as content creator Amir Shokeen.
The video allegedly shows Shokeen referring to the youth using racial slurs and other derogatory expressions, including “chinky”, “China president” and “Michael Jackson”. The Times of India reported that the video’s circulation sparked anger across the Northeast. The allegations have not been independently established in the supplied report.
Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma described the alleged conduct as an insult to the people of Tripura. In a Facebook post, he demanded proper action and called on the youth wings of his party to file a complaint. He also urged that a police team be sent to arrest the content creator.
Party sources said a delegation of Tipra Motha Party members of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council would file a complaint against the Instagram user at NCC police station on Wednesday. The proposed complaint is expected to refer to alleged cyberbullying, racial harassment and hate speech targeting indigenous people.
Jitendra Chaudhury, the Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly, also sought immediate action by the Delhi Police, according to news agency PTI. In a Facebook post, Chaudhury described the alleged conduct as racist and urged the authorities to prosecute the accused under applicable law.
Senior Congress MLA Birajit Sinha also condemned the reported incident. Sinha said the alleged behaviour amounted to racial profiling and sexual harassment of a person from the Northeast. He referred to earlier instances of racial abuse, violence and death involving people from the region and appealed to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and the Tripura Police to pursue the matter legally.
The episode places renewed attention on how residents from Northeast India experience public and digital spaces in Delhi. In this case, the reported sequence involves a purported social media video, political condemnation and a proposed police complaint. The next formal step will be the filing of the complaint and any response from the Delhi Police or other investigating authorities.
The source report did not state whether a First Information Report had been registered, whether the Delhi Police had opened an inquiry, or whether Amir Shokeen had responded to the allegations. Those details will determine the status of any criminal investigation and the legal action, if any, that follows.
