A Manipuri musician died on Monday in Delhi after he was assaulted allegedly by a group of delivery workers and dhaba staffers when he objected to them shouting and drinking outside his apartment, PTI reported.On Sunday night, Chongtham Vikram Singh had stepped out of his home in Kilokari village and asked the delivery workers not to make noise. His family said that the confrontation quickly became violent, and Singh was seriously injured, The Indian Express reported.Singh’s son Yaiphaba took him to the Holy Family Hospital in Okhla, but he succumbed to his injuries early on Monday morning. The hospital stated that he died of haemorrhagic shock caused by blunt force trauma.The police have arrested seven men and taken a minor into custody, PTI reported. The seven arrested men have been identified as Bharat Kumar, Pramod, Ramzan Khan, Deepanshu, Mohan Vishwakarma, Vijay and Mannu.Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Vineet Kumar said that he and other senior officials met Singh’s family and other community members, and assured them that prompt and lawful action would be taken, The Indian Express reported.Singh was the lead guitarist of Manipuri rock band Phoenix in the early 1980s, and was regarded as a pioneer for rock music in the state. He subsequently joined another band named Eastern Dark. Later, he shifted to Delhi, where he worked as a music teacher, the newspaper reported.Vivek Sharma, the lead vocalist of Phoenix, described Singh as a “truly irreplaceable person, a dear friend and an elder brother”.Commenting on Singh’s death, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked what the Union home ministry and the Delhi Police were doing to stop “this growing lawlessness”, especially against people from the Northeast.“A father, killed outside his own home, in his own country’s capital,” Gandhi wrote in a social media post. “After many such incidents, every Northeast family in Delhi is asking the same question today - are we safe here?”He demanded that the incident be investigated and those responsible be brought to justice.Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia also urged the Delhi Police to carry out a thorough investigation, and ensure that those responsible face the strictest legal consequences. “The safety and dignity of every person from the Northeast is non-negotiable,” he said in a social media post.Edited by Anamika Pathak.