A JNU student arrested on charges of sexual assault on woman classmate

Mangalore Today/ PTI

New Delhi, May 22: A 23-year-old JNU student has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman classmate, police said on Sunday.

 

Both the complainant and the accused (names withheld) are pursuing post-graduation degree in the varsity’s Centre for Historical Studies.

The incident took place in December, when the accused and the complainant went to a friend’s rented house for a party and he forced himself upon her, a senior police official said.

However, the woman approached the police and reported the matter this Thursday. A case under IPC Section 376 (rape) was registered immediately in connection with the incident and the accused was arrested, the official said.