Santiniketan (WB), Feb 13: An American girl student
was allegedly molested in the Visva Bharati University campus
here, police sources said on Tuesday.
The girl, a member of a 10-member student excursion
team, was visiting the Kalo Bari (black house) near Sangeet
Bhawan in the campus on Monday when a miscreant tried to
molest her, sources said.
She and others immediately shouted for help, which drew
the attention of the security staff of the university who
caught the miscreant and handed him to the police.
The girl and other members of the foreign students team
of eight girls and two boys had come to Santiniketan on an
educational tour guided by a Kolkata-based organization.
An official of the organisation later lodged a complaint
of molestation with the police.
Superintendent of Police of Birbhum L N Meena the
miscreant identified as Sunny Mishra, was to some extent
mentally retarded.
He said the police took immediate action and talked to the
foreign students and their guide.
University registrar Manimukt Mitra said, "We should not
describe the incident as a result of security lapse. The
security staff caught the miscreant immediately after he
committed the crime.
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