(Siasat News)The Cyberabad Police on Friday arrested three, who tried to kidnap an M.Tech student on the campus of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday night.
The victim was returning to the hostel after the rehearsals for college function when the five mens entered campus and tried to pull her inside the car in which they were. Once she cried for help, the student on the campus rushed to help her, they caught three of the five culprits and also damaged the car.
Chandanagar police identified the five men who had entered the campus in a Maruti Zen as Chakrapani (M Tech student ofUoH), Ramakrishna (ex-student of the university M Tech 2011 batch), Shiva Koteshwar Rao (computer centre owner, Kukatpally), Nagender (daily wager) and Shiva (an associate).
On Friday, students staged a dharna in front of the university’s administrative block demanding for improved security on campus. Meanwhile, security was beefed up on the campus.
Police registered cases under sections 354 (assault or use of criminal force towards a woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), 363 (kidnapping) and 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against all five.
Following the incident, the authorities said that security would be increased on the campus with more outposts, additional streetlights at the main gate in addition to all hostels. There will also be increased random patrolling trips by the security personnel in the campus especially at nights.
A 24-hour help line will be available for the students. The number of CCTVs on campus will be increased to improve security measures.
—-Siasat News