New Delhi, March 9 -- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said racial bullying against people from the region cannot be accepted as the "new normal". Sangma was reacting to reports of two persons from Manipur and Assam being assaulted in Delhi's Saket District Court complex on Sunday.

"Angered by the repeated attacks on North East people in mainland India. The physical attack on two of our people from Manipur and Assam near Saket Court, Delhi is sickening. Racial bullying should not be accepted as the new normal, and we must act against it. Urge the authorities to take stringent action," Sangma said.

According to the police, the incident happened on Sunday evening when a woman from Manipur and her friend were walking in a...