Man held for stalking JNU student

The Delhi police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly stalking a JNU student.

New Delhi, Apr 2: A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stalking a Jawaharlal Naehru University student, the police said on Sunday. The accused, Shailesh Kumar is a resident of Munirka village, and was arrested on Saturday from outside a girls' hostel located inside JNU campus, they added.

A few days ago, he had tried to talk to the victim but she refused. Infuriated, he started stalking her. The victim told the police that he followed her for a fortnight and even came outside her hostel, breaching the campus security.

On finding the accused outside her hostel, she immediately alerted college security. The youth was detained and later handed over to the police.

"On Saturday, we received a PCR call from a girls' hostel in JNU campus about a stalker. A police team reached the spot and arrested him. The arrested person is a college dropout and works at a shop in the locality," a senior police officer said.

PTI