New Delhi, February 25 A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered a couple accused of using racial slurs against their Northeastern neighbors to undergo 14 days of judicial custody.
The couple was produced before Magistrate Bhanu Pratap Singh on Wednesday, who subsequently remanded them in judicial custody until March 11.
On Wednesday, the Delhi Police arrested Ruby Jain and Harsh, a married couple, for allegedly using racial slurs against three of their neighbors from the Northeast in the Malviya Nagar area of South Delhi.
The couple was taken into custody following an investigation into the FIR registered at the Malviya Nagar Police Station.
According to police, Ruby Jain allegedly made abusive and derogatory remarks against three women from Arunachal Pradesh during an argument over repair work at their rented accommodation on February 20.
The police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the FIR against the arrested woman.
They said the case was initially registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, invoking charges of criminal intimidation, insult to the modesty of women, and promoting enmity between groups.
