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Arunachal Troupe Targeted With Racist Slurs at Patna Station as RPF Cites Mental-Health History

Public pressure now centers on an FIR plus stronger safeguards for people from the Northeast.

Overview

  • The dance group from Arunachal Pradesh was filmed on Thursday being denied a women’s restroom and taunted with slurs like “chinki,” “momo,” and “Chinese.”
  • Railway officials said RPF personnel and women staff stepped into the station’s waiting room, separated the woman accused, and brought the situation under control.
  • An RPF inspector told NDTV the woman seen hurling slurs has a history of mental-health issues and that her family was contacted after the video spread online.
  • Early reports placed the scene at a Patna hospital, and police said they had taken note as the hospital administration set up an internal inquiry into staff conduct.
  • No FIR had been publicly confirmed by Monday, and the video’s reach has renewed calls from citizens and some MLAs for legal action and stronger anti-discrimination safeguards, a recurring demand since earlier Northeast hate cases and the Bezbaruah Committee push for reforms.