Reports of threats being issued against Nepali workers, mistakenly thought to be from Northeast India, have also emerged in Pune, Maharashtra. An unidentified group on Friday threatened a few Nepali workers from Achham district, asking them to leave Pune, according to the President of the Nepali Social Organisation of India (NSOI), Dileep Singh Bishwokarma.

“The workers were threatened after they told the mob that they hailed from Achham, which is audibly similar to Assam,” he said. “We have taken up the matter with police officials and have also handed over a memorandum demanding security.”

Published on: 20 August 2012 | The Kathmandu Post