On Thursday (11th September), a leader of NSUI (student wing of the Congress party) named Firoz Ahmed was arrested for attempting to rape a female Hindu student at the Goalpara College in Assam.
According to reports, Ahmed was nabbed from the college premises by the police. He was the sports secretary of the Chhatra Ekta Sabha, which is backed by NSUI.
Ahmed reportedly took the victim to a room and attempted to rape her. When other students learnt about the woman’s ordeal, they held demonstrations and demanded immediate arrest of the accused.
They also raised slogans such as ‘we want justice’ and ‘expel Firoz Ahmed.’ The accused in currently in custody of the Gopalpara police.
