New Delhi: The Tripura Chakma Students Association raised the issue of frequent attacks on Northeastern students in various parts of the country and requested the Union government’s intervention on the matter on Sunday (December 28).The request comes days after Angel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, died in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun on December 26, after being brutally assaulted over alleged racial abuse. Chakma was attacked on December 9 while he was buying groceries with his younger brother. The incident has triggered protests in Tripura. Tripura chief minister Manik Saha said he had received assurance of a thorough investigation into Chakma’s death from Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.The student organisation highlighted Chakma’s death in its press conference on Sunday and said that such “unwarranted incidents” could invite serious repercussions. The student organisation also drew attention to similar attacks on Northeastern students in other parts of the country and urged for stricter laws against derogatory comments and hate crimes.The organisation will hold a candlelight march on Monday (December 29) for Chakma. The group is also likely to submit a memorandum to Saha on Tuesday (December 30, 2025), calling for severe punishment for the perpetrators and compensation for Chakma’s family from the governments of Tripura and Uttarakhand, the Hindu reported.Regional parties condemn Chakma’s killingRegional political parties have condemned Chakma’s killing and said that such targeted hate crimes were nothing new for the people of Northeast.Tipra Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya said that his party would continue to fight for justice for Angel Chakma. “It’s tragic that the patriotic people of the Northeast are called Chinese and attacked. Those who hurl racist slurs forget that it is because of the brave people of the Northeast that China cannot enter the country,” he said.President of the Tipra Indigenous Students Federation, Sajra Debbarma said that Chakma’s death was not just his alone, but of all the people of Northeast. “What’s happening to the Northeast is nothing new. When we go outside Northeast we are taunted. The death of Angel Chakma today – this isn’t just Angel Chakma’s death; this is the death of all the people of the Northeast. Even before in Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi, Northeast people were being humiliated. I want to tell the Central Government directly: if you cannot give respect, dignity, and love to the people of the Northeast, then give us a separate country; we will take care of ourselves. This is a very serious matter. When people come to the Northeast from other parts of the country, we respect them. We don’t insult them because it is not our culture,” he said.