A 50-year-old man was assaulted by seven people when he came to pick up his daughter in Madurai Meenal Women College in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai. Six out of the seven people were arrested by Police.
A complaint was registered at Madurai Sellur Police Station, following which the arrests were made. The officials said, “One out of six arrested is a college student.” The police further informed that a group of youngsters were creating a commotion, approaching the Women’s College in an allegedly inebriated condition.
Mohan Raj, Madurai North Deputy commissioner of Police told, “The brawl started over a normal incident. The youngsters assaulted the man after the 50-year-old asked the miscreants to go quietly because a funeral procession was passing by.” “The group of youngsters attacked the man in front of several students in front of the college gate. Pertaining to the matter, a case was registered against seven people at Madurai Sellur Police Station. Six people including one college student have been arrested so far,” the senior police officer said. “We have written a letter to the college principal of the student seeking action against him. We have directed the police to patrol the areas where the girls’ college is located,” Mohan Raj added. Following te incident, Madurai Police has increased the security near all women’s college in the area.
Earlier, On October 30, when a few adolescents allegedly entered the Lady Dok Women’s College in Madurai and harassed the students there, a case was previously opened against 11 people at the Madurai Tallakulam Police Station.
“So far we have arrested 10 people in this case and four two-wheelers have been seized. five out of 10 arrested were college students,” police said in a statement.