FIRs lodged against animal rights activist for 'insulting' Nagas

Guwahati: Ever since the coronavirus spread across the globe, multiple accounts of racial discrimination against Chinese nationals or anyone who looks East Asian have started emerging, and people of the northeast are facing increasing racial discrimination and harassment due to their looks. Now, Hema Choudhury, an activist from Mumbai has entered the media limelight for her outbursts against Nagas and Nagaland. 

Another FIR has been lodged at West Police station against Chowdhury for hurting the sentiments of the Nagas and also "threat to life over social media." It has reported that Major Boktiba Jamir (Retd) and Advocate Sentimenla have jointly lodged an FIR against Hema Chowdhury in West Police station, stating that she had made derogatory remarks and life threats to Nagas and the people of Northeast, which has hurt the sentiments of the people. It added that Nagas staying outside are having a sense of insecurity and if left unchecked, would trigger "a sense of heroism to the defaulted."

The FIR stated, "We therefore earnestly request your authority to kindly lodge an FIR against this complaint and book them including her social media followers who have commented abusive threats and derogatory remarks before any harm is done to any Nagas/ North East people at earliest under relevant sections of the law". It is to be mentioned that earlier, FIRs have been lodged in Kohima and Delhi against the woman. Recently, many of the Northeastern people in the metropolitan cities have been called "corona," since the pandemic started in China's Wuhan city.

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