Anjel Chakma murder: AG asked to look into plea seeking norms against racial violence on northeast citizens

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a public interest litigation seeking guidelines to curb identity-based and racial violence against persons from the northeast, urging attorney general R Venkataramani to examine the issues raised.

The plea was filed in the wake of the alleged racially motivated murder of Tripura youth Anjel Chakma in Uttarakhand last December. The petitioner highlighted incidents of racial discrimination and group-based violence faced by individuals from the northeastern states.

The petitioner sought setting up of a nodal agency in states to deal with grievances regarding identity-based discrimination. A three-member bench headed by CJI Surya Kant, however, said such a mechanism can encourage further divisions based on regional identities.


Disposing of PIL, the bench remarked that it raised "vital questions for the creation of a stringent and robust mechanism under the penal laws for prevention of group-based violence on the grounds of race, place of birth, language, etc".