Based on a complaint, the university has expelled the accused students — Anurag Pandey, Jatin Singh, Rajnish Tripathi, Vishal Yadav and Utkarsh Singh. ADVERTISEMENTA university source said the accused asked Das where he was from and what he was doing at the university. The source said the accused made racist comments against Das during the attack. Lanchenbi Urungpurel, a postgraduate student of Delhi University and the president of the Manipur Students’ Association, said northeastern students faced racist slurs and discrimination on a daily basis in north Indian cities. She said northeastern students were often referred to as "chinkis" and "momos" in public places in Delhi and asked if they were from Thailand or Vietnam.

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 01:17 UTC