The inmates of the Nari Niketan located in Kedarpuram area here pelted stones when some media persons were entering the campus on Friday. They were reportedly infuriated on the reports in some section of media which suggested sexual harassment of some inmates.
Commotion ensued when the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Jharna Kamthan was in the campus of Nari Niketan on Friday afternoon to record statement of some inmates in alleged harassment case.
The Nari Niketan inmates reportedly got infuriated when they spotted some mediapersons near the entrance of the campus. They started pelting stones at them which created a situation of panic. The local police rushed to the spot and took control of the situation.
The angry inmates expressed their anger on what they termed as their character assassination in media reports. They pointed towards the involvement of former Superintendent of the Nari Niketan, Sarla Rawat in the whole episode.
The ADM assured the inmates that a fair inquiry of the entire episode would be conducted.
The In-charge of the Nehru Nagar Police station, Deepak Rawat told The Pioneer that no one was injured in the stone pelting incident. He said that no written complaint was given by anyone in the incident.