After videos and photos of two students of Amity University being thrashed by a group of around 25 students had gone viral, the Noida police got into action and arrested three students on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police (Noida) Vineet Jaiswal said that three students of Amity University in Noida Sector 125 — Shiv Kumar, Mayank Tomar and Chetan — were arrested for assaulting two students of the same university.
“The accused were identified with the help of CCTV footage provided by the college administration,” said Mr. Jaiswal. He added that more arrests will be made in the case.
The incident happened on August 28 but it took the police to make the first arrest after a week when the incident started trending on Twitter with hashtags justiceformadhav and justiceforharsh.
The police said that on August 28, two students — Harsh Yadav and Madhav Chaudhary — were about to enter the university in their car but the entrance was blocked by an SUV parked wrongly at the main gate. The SUV was driven by a girl who was sitting in the car and she refused to move it to give passage to other cars entering the university.
Following this, both the parties got into an argument and left the area. Later, a group of students led by the girl entered a classroom and brutally thrashed Harsh and Madhav with rods and hockey sticks. When a teacher tried to pacify, they attacked the woman teacher also. The injured were rushed to a hospital and an FIR was registered against students and the girl for causing grievous injuries to two students.
“On August 29, we got a complaint from the girl that Harsh and Madhav molested her after they had an argument over parking,” said a police officer.
Police have registered cross FIRs in the case. They are going through CCTV footage to find out the sequence of the event. One of the injured is serious and undergoing treatment at a hospital.
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However, responding to the August 28 incident, a spokesperson from Amity University said that both parties involved have filed complaints with the police and investigation in on.
“There was a personal altercation between a boy and a girl, which was dealt with immediately by the university officials. Later, both individuals filed a police complaint against each other . The university has also set up a proctorial discipline committee to look into the matter. A few students have been suspended. Since this is a sensitive issue, we request all not to escalate,” the university said in a statement.
The issue has been trending on social media, with videos that cannot be independently verified going viral.
Published - September 04, 2019 03:13 pm IST
