New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police has arrested a woman in connection with a case of racial abuse and insulting language against three of her neighbors from the Northeast in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar area, an officer said on Wednesday.
Ruby Jain was taken into custody following an investigation into the FIR registered at the Malviya Nagar Police Station.
According to the police, Jain allegedly made abusive and derogatory remarks at 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.
They said the case was initially registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, invoking charges of criminal intimidation, insulting the modesty of women, and promoting enmity between groups.
"The investigation has now been entrusted to an ACP-rank officer after the SC-ST Act has been invoked, and is being closely supervised by senior officials," the police said in a statement.
The role of a male, accused in the FIR, is also being examined.
The arrest follows the examination of video recordings and statements of witnesses that indicated racially charged remarks were made during the altercation, the police said.