Governement today said it will write to all states asking them to have zero tolerance towards crime against people from North East.Responding to a calling attention notice by Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley in the wake of deaths of two students from North East in Gurgaon, Haryana and Bengaluru, Home Minister P Chidambaram rejected allegations about racial profiling of people from the region anywhere in the country. He said the government will take every step to ensure the security of students from North East.

The Home minister experssed confidence that all state governments will discharge their constitutional responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of all people residing within that state. Mr Chidambaram said the state governments were primarily responsible for the prevention of crimes
arising out of discrimination.

Referring to the recent death of Dana Sangma in Gurgaon near Delhi and of Richard Loitum in Bengaluru besides allegations of racial profiling against Tibetans during the recent BRICS summit, the Home minister said these have caused disquiet and agitation among the community, specially students from the region.

He said the police is investigating the deaths of both Sangma and Loitam after registering cases and conducting post mortems.

Stressing that students from the region have right to security and peace and they are free to travel and reside in
any part of the country, Mr Chidambaram said it was not correct that the students from the North Eastern states in Delhi were more vulnerable as compared to students from other regions.

Elaborating the steps to address the problems faced by students from North East, Chidambaram said DCP-level officers have designated as nodal officers to specifically address their problems. He said a North East Connect Cell, headed by a joint secretary-level officer has been formed to serve as a coordination point with resident commissioners of 8 North Eastern States.