India, May 11 -- A tea break at a roadside stall in Delhi turned into horror for two women from the Northeast as verbal altercation over being catcalled escalated into a physical attack and racial abuse. The two women alleged that their clothes were torn, they were hit with bamboo sticks and faced racial abuse by a group of men near the tea stall on Sunday morning, after the objected to catcalling.

The incident was reported from southeast Delhi's Nehru Place area, police said, PTI reported, adding that four people have been identified in the case and raids are underway to arrest them.

The incident took place around 6.30 am on May 10 near a tea stall outside the hotel and a PCR call regarding the incident was received at the Kalkaji poli...