4 DU students chasing Smriti Irani’s car freed on bail

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS): The four Delhi University students who were arrested for chasing and overtaking Union Minster Smriti Irani’s car here on Saturday evening were released on bail here on Sunday, the police said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police R.P. Meena told IANS that the four students -- identified as Anand Sharma, Avinash, Shitanshu and Kunal -- were released from police custody in the morning. “The students were kept in custody at Chanakyapuri police station after being arrested. They were thoroughly interrogated there and were released after furnishing bail bonds,” the officer said. The students, all in their early 20s, were arrested on Saturday evening on charges of stalking, intending to insult the modesty of a woman and common intent under the Indian Penal Code. The students were then handed over to the staff of a PCR van and the local police later took over the case for investigation and found all four were “under the influence of alcohol”.