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NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old Delhi University student from northeast India was allegedly harassed by two people, who not only threw a balloon at her, but also called her ‘coronavirus’.

The woman in her compliant to the police stated that she resides in Jawahar Nagar with her friend. Police said the incident occurred on Friday when two youths on a two-wheeler threw a balloon at her and called her coronavirus. Based on her complaint, a case was registered at Roop Nagar police station.

“We are trying to identify the route of the accused youths through CCTV footage. The victim is yet to contact the investigating officer of the case,” said a senior police officer.

While the students’ identity has not been revealed, many northeast cells and northeast students have started calling out racial slurs against them on social media. “Stop calling people from northeast ‘coronavirus’, it is not okay,” said one such post shared by many students. TOI had reported on February 11 that students of Kirori Mal College had also complained of being attacked with racial slurs with one student writing a letter to the principal saying that she was called ‘coronavirus’ by a fellow student.

