Police on Thursday arrested a student of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur for allegedly stalking and threatening a female classmate, police said.
A complaint was received from the woman, a student of NIT’s Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, alleging that her classmate had been harassing her for a few days, Hamirpur Superintendent of Police Bhagat Singh Thakur said.
The accused youth allegedly misbehaved with the complainant recently, used indecent words and threatened her, the SP said.
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Based on the complaint received through the dean, student welfare and NIT, an FIR has been registered against the accused student under sections 78 (stalking), 79 (word/gesture/act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said.
When the incident came to light on Wednesday night, students of the institute came out of their hostels and demanded stern action against the accused.
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On Thursday, the students, mostly women, demanded the management to take measures to ensure their safety.
The first-year students skipped classes to protest the incident, after which the institute’s management spoke with the student and submitted a statement signed by her to the police. After this, the students returned to their hostels.
An investigation is underway into the matter, police said.
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