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Updated April 6th, 2020 at 22:10 IST

North eastern girl spat on in Mumbai: NCW

The NCW has taken suo motu cognisance of an incident where a miscreant allegedly spat on a girl from the North East at Kalina Market area in Mumbai, calling it a case of racial discrimination amid coronavirus outbreak

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The NCW has taken suo motu cognisance of an incident where a miscreant allegedly spat on a girl from the North East at Kalina Market area in Mumbai, calling it a case of racial discrimination amid coronavirus outbreak.

The NCW said it will look into the matter for appropriate action."Yet another case of racial discrimination amid #COVID19outbreak, a miscreant spat on a northeastern girl at Kalina Market area in Mumbai. NCW will look into this matter for appropriate action," the NCW said in a tweet. The NCW tagged a Facebook post according to which a biker spat on the girl from the North East.

 In a similar case in March in Delhi, another woman was spat and called "corona".  Delhi police had registered a case and arrested the accused in the matter.

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Published April 6th, 2020 at 22:15 IST

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