The Supreme Court on Tuesday voiced deep concern over a recent incident in Delhi where two students from Kerala were allegedly assaulted and mocked for their language and traditional attire near the Red Fort, calling such incidents “unacceptable in a country where people live in harmony.”

A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe made the observation while hearing a long-pending plea filed in 2015 following a spate of racial attacks, including the death of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania in Delhi.

“We are one country,” the Bench said, expressing anguish that citizens were still being targeted because of their cultural or regional identities. “We read in the newspaper recently that a man from Kerala was ridiculed for wearing a lungi in Delhi. This is unacceptable in a coun

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