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Outcry in Delhi over student’s death after beating

By Katy Daigle
Published February 1, 2014 12:17pm ET
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Outcry in Delhi over student’s death after beating
Protesters mostly students from northeastern states of India shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The beating and subsequent death in New Delhi of a university student, 20-year-old Nido Tania, from India's remote northeast has sparked a furious outcry against racism and criticism of police in the Indian capital. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) | Altaf Qadri

NEW DELHI (AP) — The beating and subsequent death in New Delhi of a university student from India’s remote northeast has sparked a furious outcry against racism and criticism of police in the Indian capital.

Several hundred people protested outside a Delhi police station Saturday, shouting demands for justice against what they called a hate crime. The capital’s newly elected chief minister asked that a magistrate investigate the incident as well as the police response.

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