Hindu College clears air on 2 nabbed

Two days after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided several university campuses in the Capital and arrested four students, including two from Delhi University's Hindu College, for their alleged involvement in a drugs supplying syndicate, the college on Monday clarified that the duo was not enrolled with it "at present".

A statement issued by the office of Hindu College principal Anju Shrivastava read that both Tenzin Phunchog and Gaurav Kumar used to study in the college and passed in 2017.

Phunchog joined the college in 2012 to pursue BSc (H) Physics and finished MSc in 2017. Kumar completed BA (H) Economics in the same year as well.

Both were arrested on Saturday, along with two other students, one each from JNU and Amity University. The NCB also aseized 1.14 kg of charas and three lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) blot papers from them, which were to be supplied at party venues across the Capital.

The arrested youths told the NCB that the abuse of drugs was rampant on DU campuses. Based on that information, the agency has started raiding hideouts.