A Delhi court has remanded a couple to judicial custody for 14 days after they were accused of using racist insults against their northeast neighbours.
The couple, Ruby Jain and Harsh, appeared before Justice Bhanu Pratap Singh on Wednesday and were remanded in judicial custody till March 11, news agency PTI reported.
The Delhi Police have arrested the duo in connection with a case in which they allegedly hurled racial abuse at three north-eastern neighbors in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar.
The arrests followed investigation into the FIR registered at Malviya Nagar police station.
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According to police, Ruby Jain allegedly made offensive and insulting remarks against three women from Arunachal Pradesh during a dispute over repair work at their rented accommodation on February 20.
The FIR was initially based on provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, including charges of criminal intimidation, insulting the modesty of women, and promoting inter-group enmity, police said. The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was also invoked against the detained women.
