The Delhi Police has arrested a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student for alleged sexual harassment of a girl student inside the campus. Police said the incident occurred on Wednesday and police have initiated investigation into the incident.
The accused has been identified as Raghvendra Mishra, who is also called ‘Yogi’ of JNU and he is pursuing PhD in Sanskrit from JNU.
According to a senior police official, the JNU student on
Wednesday allegedly misbehaved with a girl student at his hostel room inside the campus.
“A complaint was received on Wednesday following which a case under section 354 (Assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and Section 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Vasant Kunj (North) police station and the accused has been arrested,” said the senior police official.
“The girl told police that the accused, Mishra, had called her to his hostel room and harassed her. She had then raised an alarm following which the security guards posted outside the hostel apprehended Mishra.
Police is questioning Mishra regarding the allegations of sexual harassment,” said a police official privy
to investigation.
