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Delhi couple arrested for racial slurs against Northeast women in Malviya Nagar

Updated on: 26 February,2026 08:51 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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Ruby Jain and her husband, Harsh Priya Singh, were taken into custody following an investigation in the FIR registered at Malviya Nagar Police Station

Delhi couple arrested for racial slurs against Northeast women in Malviya Nagar

(From left) Ruby Jain in police custody; Ruby hurls abuses at the neighbour on camera; Harsh Priya Singh, husband of Ruby, threatens the northeastern women. PICS/X/@SachinGuptaUP

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The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a married couple for allegedly hurling racial slurs at three of her neighbours from the Northeast in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area.

Ruby Jain and her husband, Harsh Priya Singh, were taken into custody following an investigation in the FIR registered at Malviya Nagar Police Station. 


According to the police, Ruby Jain allegedly hurled abusive and derogatory remarks at three women from Arunachal Pradesh during a row over repair work at their rented accommodation on February 20. 



The police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the FIR against the arrested woman. 

The arrest follows examination of video recordings and statements of witnesses that indicated racially charged remarks were made during the altercation. 

The accused couple was produced before Magistrate Bhanu Pratap Singh on Wednesday, who later remanded them in judicial custody till March 11.

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