By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Monday asked a subordinate court to monitor the criminal complaints filed by some Delhi University female students alleging molestation by people who had come to take an entrance exam with the Delhi Police.
Disposing of a public suit, a bench headed by Justice T.S. Thakur said: “The trial court will monitor the cases filed in relation to the molestation of the students by the Delhi Police job aspirants.”
Delhi Police Counsel Mukta Gupta said that the complainants were not coming forward to testify.
The court directed the police to investigate the case on the basis of the complaints lodged by the students.
Anjana Jain, a student of the university, in a public suit alleged that the police did not take action against the culprits despite filing a complaint.
Counsel Sugriv Dubey appearing for the student told the court that the police were reluctant to take action against the candidates who were appearing for the exam.
The university students are angry with the police following sexual harassment by candidates of the Police Entrance Examination. They alleged that the police had been extremely unhelpful in dealing with their grievances. A student (name withheld) was travelling with her mother in a rickshaw in the Civil Lines area near the campus when some of the candidates pulled her down from the rickshaw and tore her clothes. The victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police, but reportedly got no help.
In another incident, a student from IP College was surrounded by around 15-20 men and molested. The students claim that there were more such incidents of sexual assault on university students.
The students say many incidents were not reported, as the victims do not file any complaints due to psychological trauma. The university girls insist that the police have refused to file any complaints so far.
The students are demanding that the Police Entrance Examination be declared null and void and that the culprits be given suitable punishment. They have also demanded that no police examination be conducted near Delhi University colleges in future.