Siliguri, Aug. 5 -- A video of an alleged assault and racial abuse incident in the Hakimpara area of Siliguri has gone viral on social media, leading to widespread condemnation. The victim, R. Lama, a woman from a Scheduled Tribe community (ST), has filed a formal complaint at a local police station.

Lama, originally from the Lankapada tea garden in Dooars, currently lives in a rented apartment in Siliguri's Rasbihari Sarani. According to the police complaint, she and her friends were allegedly harassed and physically attacked by two sisters, Leela Dutta and Ruby Dutta, who live on the floor above them.

Lama alleges that the Dutta sisters began the altercation by hitting a wooden window with a hammer. When she questioned their actions, ...