New Delhi, May 9 (TIWN) The Centre on Friday assured the Supreme Court that it will take action on incidents of racial discrimination meted out to people hailing from northeast region of the country, as they are often mistaken for those from China, where the coronavirus outbreak was reported.

Alana Golmei, an activist, had moved the top court citing allegedly racially-motivated attacks on the people of the northeast. The petitioner cited various incidents -- spitting on the people, eviction from their rented accommodation, termination of jobs, isolation in the hospital and having to face racial slurs in various parts of the country. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves represented Golmei.  A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, taking up the matter through video conferencing, disposed it off after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Centre, said that appropriate measure will be taken by the government.