Chennaiyin Fc defeated NorthEast United; Racism incident in stands

Chennaiyin Fc, the former Indian Super league Champion defeated NorthEast united 3-0 on Thursday.

The win was celebrated by the team and fans but due to an incident of racism, whole joy was overshadowed by controversy.

A video has been emerged on social media showing young women fans of NorthEast United being harassed by a group of young men.

The video, which later went viral on social media, showed a group of local fans dancing and gesturing at the women, with a large number of people watching on.

After the video went viral both Chennaiyin FC and NorthEast United issued statements on social media, with politicians from the region also speaking out against the incident.

Manipur chief minister Biren Singh, himself a former footballer, termed the incident as 'nonsense'.

"This is nonsense, need proper education . Let them start learning from class 1 with geography and history of India. Let them learn how many state and communities live in India. No discipline, this type of attitude makes us shame before others nation (sic)," he said.