3 PU students arrested for eve-teasing

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 17

Three Panjab University (PU) students were held for teasing another student near a girl’s hostel on the PU campus.

The victim had complained that three youths, riding an Alto car, passed comments about her near Sarojini Hall Girls’ Hostel No. 3 on last evening.

The victim reported the matter to the police. Later, the accused, identified as Bhuvnesh and Lalit Sodhi, both residents of Phase X, Mohali, and Ishan Goyal, a resident of Malerkotla, were arrested. Inspector Lakhbir Singh, SHO, Sector 11 police station, said all accused are MBA students. “The car, which the accused were riding, has also been impounded,” the SHO said.

A case under Sections 294 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the youths at the Sector 11 police station.