A student of IIT-BHU was allegedly molested and
stripped by three motorcycle-borne men, who also recorded a video of the act,
near her hostel here, police said on Thursday.
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students on Thursday
held a protest. They claimed outside elements were involved in the incident and
demanded that outsiders be banned from entering the campus.
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.
PTI
