Ten youths were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting students at an all-women college of the Delhi University last week, the Hindu...
Ten youths were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting students at an all-women college of the Delhi University last week, the Hindustan Times reported. Those arrested are students in private and government colleges in the National Capital Region, the police said.
On February 6, during the annual cultural festival “Reverie” at Gargi College, hundreds of unruly, drunk men allegedly mobbed the entrances of the college and forced their way in. Students alleged that the group sexually assaulted them while the police looked on.
The arrested suspects, between 18 and 25 years old, did not have passes to attend the fest and allegedly jumped over barricades placed by security guards, South Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Thakur told the newspaper.
“They had gathered outside gate number 2 [of the college],” Thakur said. “They had pushed a caterer’s parked van against the gate to break it open. One of them then entered the broken gate to open it from inside.”
CCTV footage helped police identify the suspects. Around 30 of them have been identified so far and about 15 had been questioned, Thakur said. More arrests are likely. Eleven police teams are working on the matter, and security guards and college staff who were at the entry...
