Gargi College students allege group of men barged inside campus, groped and harassed them

New Delhi: Several students of Delhi University’s Gargi College alleged that a group of men broke into their college during their annual college fest on Thursday and molested and harassed them.

The alleged incident took place during the 3-day college festival ‘Reverie’. The college students’ union confirmed that the incident happened around 4 pm on February 6 during the third day of the college annual festival ‘Reverie’ was underway, but the college authorities said that no complaint has been registered.

Eyewitnesses said the IDs and passes of male guests are generally checked, but this could not be done when the gates were broken open.

Here’s the video from the incident:

Students breaking the college gate and entering in the college #gargicollege pic.twitter.com/fUL4fFGzA0

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Students said that a large crowd of men barged into campus after breaking open the gate and started molesting girls, catcalling and passing lewd comments. Social media posts about the incident suggest that these men were drunk and they groped, masturbated at, catcalled and teased students present. They also alleged that the college administration told students not to come to college if they feel unsafe.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1226398232936271875

Meanwhile, a student requesting anonymity told IANS, “I can’t confirm the allegations of molestation but a large a group of drunken men had dropped in and manhandled students.”