A second year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been arrested for allegedly attacking and sexually harassing a girl student of the university, police said on Monday.
Police said 29-year-old accused Shahnawaz Khan, who stays in room 142 of Periyar Hostel on the JNU campus and is studying in the school of language, had developed feelings for 18-year-old girl student is also studying in the school of language. Khan attacked the girl on Saturday when she turned down his proposal.
The accused was arrested after fellow students informed police about the incident.
According to a senior police official, the incident took place on JNU campus on Saturday when the victim was heading back to her hostel room after completing her classes. Khan went to the girl and starting talking to her.
“When both of them went to an isolated place, Khan proposed her but the girl rejected him. The accused kept on insisting forcing her to shout at him. Khan then started thrashing the girl and touched her inappropriately,” said police.
When the girl shouted, some students came to the spot but Khan kept on thrashing her and hurled objectionable abuses, police added.
One of the eyewitnesses made a call to police and a PCR team reached the university, took custody of Khan from his hostel room.
“A case under Section 354, 354A and 509 of IPC was registered at Vasant Kunj North police station.Khan was arrested after he admitted to the crime. The victim and the accused did not know each other before,” said police.
The eyewitness who reported the matter to police, said, “The accused was under the influence of alcohol when he was thrashing the girl.”