Naga Students’ Federation condemns brutal and racially motivated killing of Anjel Chakma.
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DIMAPUR — The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has expresses outrage, grief and condemnation over the brutal and racially motivated killing of Anjel Chakma (24), a student from Tripura, who was violently assaulted, beaten and stabbed in Dehradun on December 9, 2025, ultimately succumbing to his injuries on December 26.
His brother Michael Chakma was also assaulted in the same incident.
In a statement, the federation stated that the killing was not an accident, not a misunderstanding, but a cold-blooded racial hate crime.
“The only ‘crime’ of the victims was that they looked different, did not conform to the so-called Aryan racial identity and were therefore subjected to racial slurs, demeaning abuse and savage violence,” the NSF stated.
The NSF expressed its full solidarity with the bereaved family and the people of Tripura, and echoed the condemnation already voiced by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO).
“For decades, people from the North Eastern region have been systematically dehumanised, stereotyped, harassed, assaulted and killed in different parts of India.
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“Repeated assurances, hollow statements and cosmetic guidelines from the Government of India have failed to prevent these crimes. This incident is a direct indictment of the Indian State’s failure to protect the people of Northeast,” it maintained.
The federation called upon all North Eastern states, student bodies, civil society organisations and political leadership to rise as one against unrelenting racial violence.
“The Northeast must unite, speak in one voice and resist being treated as second-class citizens,” it added.
The NSF demanded immediate and uncompromising intervention by the Government of India and the Government of Uttarakhand to ensure mental, social, and physical security for students and residents from the North East in Dehradun and across the state.
It also demanded capital punishment for the perpetrators of the heinous and racially motivated crime at the earliest, setting a clear precedent that racial violence would not be tolerated.
“Justice delayed is justice denied, and the patience of the people of the Northeast is not infinite. The NSF reiterates that we refuse to mourn silently.
We refuse to accept racism as normal. We refuse to let Angel Chakma’s death be reduced to another statistic. Justice must be delivered, accountability must be fixed and racism must be confronted,” the federation added.