India, Dec. 31 -- A slew of allegations and denials have come up over the death of Anjel Chakma, a student from Tripura's Unakoti who died in Uttarakhand. While Chakma's family alleges a racist attack on the student, the Dehradun Police recently said there was no evidence pointing to racial abuse so far.

According to the police, the youth was assaulted after tempers flared up when he objected to some "banter" among the attackers who had come in a group to a liquor shop. Dehradun's senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ajay Singh, said the police had taken note of social media posts attributing a racial motive to the incident.

"Our investigation so far has found no evidence of racial discrimination or violence," the SSP told news agency...