DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 18: Three students of the Gomal University were arrested and as many others beaten for teasing and harassing women in the Gomal Market on Sunday.

Barkat, son of Ghazi Marjan, Ashfaq, son of Mir Qadir, Shah Hussain, son of Mir Hassan, (all from the Bannu district) and three other students of the university entered the shop of Mohammad Yaqoob and started teasing some women shoppers.

As the shopkeeper intervened, they took out pistols and daggers and harassed him and the women.

Meanwhile, other shopkeepers surrounded the shop and overpowered the students. The students were given a severe beating before the arrival of the area police.

Three of the students escaped when they saw the police coming. The three other students were arrested. A case was registered against the students.