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SAU ‘sexual assault’ case: Threatening mails sent to student from inside university campus
Officers have questioned over 100 people in connection with the case. They included 67 guards, 33 students and staffers.
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The student said she panicked and to avoid crowds, she went towards the convocation centre.
The email recently received by a South Asian University (SAU) student two days before she was allegedly assaulted by four men on the campus, warning that a morphed nude photograph of her would be circulated, was sent from inside the campus, a Delhi Police officer said on Wednesday. According to the officer, the email could have been sent by someone who is part of the university — a staff, guard or a student.
An investigation is under way and the accused would be nabbed at the earliest, the officer added.
Officers have questioned over 100 people in connection with the case. They included 67 guards, 33 students and staffers.
An FIR was registered in the matter by the Delhi Police on Tuesday based on the student’s complaint. However, after scanning footage of over 40 CCTV cameras inside the vicinity of the campus, the police found that all the guards were at their designated places at the time of the alleged incident on Monday. A police officer said that only two of the cameras had captured the student.
According to the FIR, the student said she received emails containing explicit language, directing her to come to a guest house close to midnight. “The next day (October 12)… I received messages on both WhatsApp and Telegram stating that the photo I had uploaded to my email profile had been morphed to appear nude…,” she alleged, as per the FIR.
The student said she panicked and to avoid crowds, she went towards the convocation centre.
According to her statement to police, the victim was approached by two men who asked her what the matter was. Then, she saw two others running towards them. “I got up and started walking… but someone tried to take off my jacket… Another man grabbed my T-shirt and tried to pull it up…,” she alleged.
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