TNN | Nov 6, 2012, 06.25AM IST
MOHALI: A 19-year-old first year student of computer science of the Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, in Mohali was allegedly molested despite tight security arrangements during the institute's annual programme, "Parivartan," that was held on Saturday.
Though the incident took place around 8.30pm on Saturday, the institute only lodged a formal complaint with the police in this regard on Monday and that too after students mounted pressure by going on strike. More than a hundred college students went on strike on Monday, demanding the arrest of the miscreants and forcing the institute management to file a police complaint.
Meanwhile, heavy police force was deployed in and around the institute during the strike to control the situation. Police have registered an FIR and arrested three students of the institute. Those arrested have been identified as Sachin, Gurmeet Singh and Akshay Bansal, who are MBA students.
The incident has put a question mark on the efficiency of the district police personnel, who were reportedly present on the spot, when the college student was being molested, besides the institute's security guards.
SP (City) Swarandeep Singh said, "The crime took place during the function at the institute and police only came to know about it when a formal complaint was lodged at the Sohana policestation on Monday. Some of the suspects including college students and outsiders were identified through the scrutiny of CCTV footage. An FIR has been registered in this regard."
Deepinder Singh, the SHO of Sohana police station, said, three college students have been arrested, while adding some outsiders involved in the incident too have been identified, and raids are being conducted to nab them.
An eyewitness — a student of the institute — on condition of anonymity said, "The girl was standing in a queue when a Punjabi singer was performing at the function and suddenly a group of around a dozen youths started troubling her. She tried to ward them off but some of the youths even turned violent. Private security guards and policemen were also present on the spot."
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Though the incident took place around 8.30pm on Saturday, the institute only lodged a formal complaint with the police in this regard on Monday and that too after students mounted pressure by going on strike. More than a hundred college students went on strike on Monday, demanding the arrest of the miscreants and forcing the institute management to file a police complaint.
Meanwhile, heavy police force was deployed in and around the institute during the strike to control the situation. Police have registered an FIR and arrested three students of the institute. Those arrested have been identified as Sachin, Gurmeet Singh and Akshay Bansal, who are MBA students.
The incident has put a question mark on the efficiency of the district police personnel, who were reportedly present on the spot, when the college student was being molested, besides the institute's security guards.
SP (City) Swarandeep Singh said, "The crime took place during the function at the institute and police only came to know about it when a formal complaint was lodged at the Sohana policestation on Monday. Some of the suspects including college students and outsiders were identified through the scrutiny of CCTV footage. An FIR has been registered in this regard."
Deepinder Singh, the SHO of Sohana police station, said, three college students have been arrested, while adding some outsiders involved in the incident too have been identified, and raids are being conducted to nab them.
An eyewitness — a student of the institute — on condition of anonymity said, "The girl was standing in a queue when a Punjabi singer was performing at the function and suddenly a group of around a dozen youths started troubling her. She tried to ward them off but some of the youths even turned violent. Private security guards and policemen were also present on the spot."
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