A 20-year-old Muslim student at Jamia Hamdard in Delhi was threatened at gunpoint and forcefully tied up inside in a campus restroom by two men on 3 November.
In her complaint to police, she said she was studying in the library when she heard a noise from the toilet. On entering it, she saw two persons with a pistol. They threatened the student after which she collapsed. When she got up, she found her limbs tied with a scarf.
An FIR was lodged under sections of molestation, wrongful confinement, act endangering life, and Arms Act on 4 November. No arrest has been made yet in the case.
The student also approached the Delhi Commission for Women. The DCW said they will send a notice to administration in two days.
The student alleges receiving no support from the university authorities following the incident.
In a statement to media, the university spokesperson said that they couldn’t verify the incident and they are “still looking into her complaint.”
The spokesperson said: “We checked CCTV footage with the police. There was nobody around when she was studying… We did not receive a call or SOS message when she was tied up… The two friends she called for help are not our students.”
The student, however, said she was singled out after complaining about what happened to her inside the campus. She also mentioned feeling ostracised for raising concerns about security lapses in the university.
The student also said she was rescued by two security guards, hospitalised at Jamia Hamdard Medical College, and an ambulance was called under the proctor’s direction.
Yet, the Jamia Hamdard authorities are currently refuting any involvement, insisting that nothing happened.
In another grave accusation, the student said that a professor disclosed her identity in class, alongside making Islamophobic and offensive remarks about her.
“My name is out there,” she said.
