Chandigarh University closed till Saturday, hostel warden suspended, total three arrested
The hostel warden, who is seen scolding the arrested student in a viral video, reportedly did not immediately report the matter to the police. The arrested student has been accused of allegedly sending the video to her male friend outside the university.
Following massive protests by students demanding action in the alleged leak of objectionable videos from a girls hostel of a private university (Chandigarh University) in Mohali, Punjab, the university has been closed till Saturday. Apart from this, the university administration has also suspended the girls hostel warden Rajwinder Kaur for alleged misbehavior with the girl students.
The hostel warden, who is seen scolding the arrested student in a viral video, reportedly did not immediately report the matter to the police. The arrested student has been accused of allegedly sending the video to her male friend outside the university. When the students started protesting against this incident, the hostel warden is also accused of allegedly scolding the girl students.
So far three people have been arrested in this case. The accused girl and her boyfriend, Sunny Mehta, a resident of Shimla, were arrested after a massive protest by the students. 23 year old Sunny Mehta works in a travel agency. Apart from these, another person has also been arrested, who works in a bakery. At present, his role is not known till now.
Mohali's top police officer Navpreet Singh Virk told NDTV last evening that only four videos were found in the phone of a girl student, accused of recording and releasing obscene videos of girls at Chandigarh University hostel in Punjab's Mohali, but all of them of a woman. which she sent to her lover.
He said that no suicide attempt has been made in the university as claimed by the protesting students. They claim that the videos that are being circulated have not been found yet.
For breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Read more on Latest Education News on The National Bulletin