Mohali, April 20 -- Kharar police on Friday booked five students of Chandigarh University (CU), Gharuan, for allegedly kidnapping a fellow student and trying to extort Rs.1.5 lakh from the family.

Two students, Raghav, 25, of Ropar, and Poorav, 19, of Jaipur, have been arrested, while three others are still on the run.

The victim, Atharv Dhiman, 19, a first-year B.Tech student of the varsity, who hails from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, was allegedly kidnapped from the campus on Thursday. He was allegedly beaten up and bundled into a car before being driven away.

Luckily, a friend of the victim saw the entire episode and immediately informed the police, following which a team of Gharuan police started chasing the accused.

The victi...