DU girl harassed by student leaders?

Delhi

Victim has demanded police protection, claiming she is being stopped from contesting the upcoming university polls
A student of Hansraj College of Delhi University (DU) has demanded police protection after she was allegedly harassed by National Students' Union of India (NSUI) leaders who demanded Rs 10 lakh from her if she wants to fight the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections to be held on September 9.
The complainant has said that she is likely to contest the upcoming polls and so is being harassed by the NSUI leaders who don't want her there. The victim has alleged that the accused is even forcing her to change her name.
The victim, Garima Tiwari has furnished a complaint in this regard with Maurice Nagar Police. However, no FIR has been lodged on her. A senior police official said that they were looking into the matter before taking any step. The victim has mentioned the name of three persons in her complaint filed with the police, a copy of which is with MiD DAY.
"Mahender Chaudhary, Vardhan Chaudhary and Deepak Negi are threatening me for money. There are few more people with them who are trying to extort money from me. I know the name of only three people but can identify all the accused," read her complaint.
The victim has alleged that these three people are constantly creating problems for her and her family.
"They have demanded Rs 7 lakh before the election and Rs 3 lakh after the polls. They also forced me and my family to change my name from Garima Tiwari to Garima Sharma," read the complaint of the girl.
The Other Side
Speaking to MiD DAY, Vardhan Chaudhary called the whole story a fictitious account. He said that the girl was made to file complaint against them by someone. "We don't have any enmity with Garima. She has come before the core committee of NSUI and has confessed that we did not threaten her. She is likely to take back her complaint from the police," claimed Vardhan. When asked whether Garima gave them anything in written, he replied in the negative.
'Fllow the code'
Delhi University (DU) has yet again put up a code of conduct for the students' union 2011 elections, however, with a few changes. This will be the 57th year of students' elections at DU. MiD DAY had reported this on August 19. Keeping the basic format as per the recommendations given by the Lyngdoh Committee set up by the United Progressive Alliance-led government in 2006, the university has spelt out certain provisions for the elections due on September 9. According to the election committee set up by the authorities this year, there was a need to clarify certain provisions about which confusion had prevailed in the previous years. These were regarding three main aspects-academic eligibility of candidates, sanctity of the university website and Facebook page and prohibition on the use of loudspeakers, vehicles and animals for canvassing. These conditions have been re-interpreted by the election committee and rephrased in order to make the implications clear to those students who will be contesting this year. The academic profile of a candidate is important. Those having attendance below 75 per cent, or are to reappear for any examination, will not be eligible for candidature. "The directions are same as every year, as per the Supreme Court and the Lyngdoh committee. We have just intended to spell these out so that students are not confused and understand the terms properly," said I Usha Rao, Chief Election Officer. She added, "We are all for the students and it is for them. Since they are young blood, we have tried to clarify the points so that they do not land in trouble later on. They are free to post their agenda and election content on the DU website and Facebook. It is just they have to be careful not to deface them." According to officials, students have all the freedom to take forward their propaganda and for the posters they have the Wall of Democracy.