New Delhi: A Delhi University student has alleged that she was molested and her brother beaten up in the Badarpur area, the police said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 11 pm on Tuesday night when the woman was returning home with her brothee.

The police said a case was registered and a 24-year-old man, identified as Rahul Kumar, arrested. He is a housekeeping supervisor at a hospital in Faridabad, they said.

“Over two calls related to a quarrel at the Jaitpur circle were received. A woman complainant on the spot stated that she was going in an autorickshaw with her brother to her house and that on reaching the Jaitpur More, two men riding on a motorcycle came in front of their auto-rickshaw and arguments started,” DCP (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.

“One of them was drunk and he hurled abuses and misbehaved,” the officer said.The police registered a case based on her statement, he added.