Chandigarh University incident: Punjab CM orders probe, female student arrested

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday ordered a probe and expressed anguish over the incident at Chandigarh University following ‘rumours’ that some objectionable videos of several female students were recorded by a woman student.

I am in touch with the administration, said Mann while appealing to people not to believe rumours.

Students at the private university in Punjab's Mohali held a protest over "rumours" that some objectionable videos of several women students were recorded, said police.

The protest took place past midnight at the Chandigarh University campus located on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road.

“During preliminary investigation, it has come to light that a woman student, who had been apprehended, had shared her own video with someone stated to be from Himachal Pradesh whose role is also under the scanner”, Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Sheel Soni told reporters.

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He said an FIR under IPC section 354-C (voyeurism) and the IT Act has been registered and the woman student has been apprehended.

The university authorities have rejected reports that videos of several women students were made and shared on social media.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal said those involved in the incident will get strict punishment.