Attack on north-east boy was 'drunken altercation': Bangalore Police

Bangalore Police on Thursday stated that the previous day's incident in which a man hailing from the north-east was attacked was a drunken altercation.

"Three people who were drunk were walking on the road when they saw this Manipuri student. When they saw him, there was an altercation. I don't want to delve into what extent it could be occasioned by the fact that the student was from the North East, because we are dealing with three drunken people," Bangalore Police Commissioner M N Reddi told ANI.

"When they had an altercation, they had a fight. They hit him and he was injured. He was admitted [to the hospital]. The local police acted very swiftly and the assailants have been booked under the appropriate sections of the law. Action will be taken against them," he added.

Reddi also stated that the incident was motivated by alcohol and requested the media to treat the case as such.

"It was an unfortunate incident of assault and we should treat it as such. We must not hype it more than what is necessary. All that I would like to say is that Bangalore City Police is extremely pro-active in this regard," he said.

The incident took place on Wednesday night, resulting in the 22-year old student from Manipur suffering head injuries. Samuel, who is currently in a hospital, said he was attacked when the assailants realized that he was different looking.