Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took to Twitter to react to the alleged molestation of a student in the IIT-BHU campus.
Attacking the PM Modi she wrote on Twitter, "Are BHU campuses and even top institutions like IITs not safe now? Is it no longer possible for a girl student in the Prime Minister's constituency to walk fearlessly inside her own educational institution?"
In a blood-curdling incident, an IIT-BHU student was allegedly molested and stripped by three men near her hostel.
Students hold protest in BHU
Meanwhile, students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) held protests near Rajputana Hostel on Thursday. They claimed outside elements were involved in the incident and demanded that outsiders be banned from entering the campus.
After the incident, IIT-BHU Registrar Rajan Srivastava issued directions that all barricades around the campus premises should be put in place from 10 pm to 5 am to ensure a safe environment for all employees and students of the institute. The security guard on night duty will only allow vehicles with BHU stickers and people with BHU identity cards to enter the premises, he said.
Accused record act on camera
According to the police, the heinous act was recorded on camera. According to a complaint lodged by the woman, she was out with a friend on Wednesday night. They were near the Karman Baba temple when three men came there on a motorcycle and forcibly took her to a corner and gagged her after separating her from her friend. The accused then stripped the woman, made a video of her and clicked photos. They let her go after 15 minutes and took her phone number, the complaint stated.
On the basis of the woman's complaint, an FIR has been registered under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and under provisions of the IT Act at Lanka police station, police said. Efforts are being made to identify the accused, they said. Hundreds of students gathered near IIT-BHU's Rajputana Hostel and protested against the incident.
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