Story: Della Russel Ocloo
Authorities of the University of Ghana are to hand over students who have been identified on a video tape as having molested Amina Haruna, 25, who is alleged to have stolen some items from the Annex B (Okponglo) of the Mensah Sarbah Hall, to the police on Wednesday.
The Crime Officer of the Legon Police, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Basintale, told the Daily Graphic, that the police had agreed with the authorities of the university to hand over the culprits by Wednesday to allow the police to carry out further investigations into the incident.
He said the names of the students identified so far by the police were being withheld for security reasons.
A fact-finding committee of the university recently presented its findings to the Dean of Students and the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Ernest Aryettey.
The committee, according to a statement issued by the Registrar of the university, Mr J.S. Budu, had identified a number of students who were present during the molestation, as seen on the video clips produced, as well as credible eyewitness accounts.
It said based on the recommendations of the committee, students identified were given hearings by the disciplinary committee as per a writ of summons.
A number of students were said to have caught the suspect with mobile phones and a laptop at the hall at dawn on Thursday, March 30, 2011, stripped her naked and inserted their fingers into her private parts.
She was, however, rescued by security officers of the university who took her to the Legon Police Station at about 3 a.m.
Unknown to the students, the act was being filmed by an unidentified person who later released the footage on the Internet.
The occurrence, which authorities say has dented the image of the university, was widely condemned by human rights groups, with women’s rights activists calling on the security agencies to expedite action on the matter.
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