UPDATE: 6:33 p.m. IU student arrested for choking girlfriend

An IU student was arrested for strangling his girlfriend Sunday. Bloomington police officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of East Second Street, where they spoke with the female victim, 21, Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told officers that her boyfriend, Neil Bhattacharya, 21, grabbed her by the neck and choked her during an argument and would not let her leave the apartment. Bhattacharya then pinned her down on a bed and cut off some of her hair with a pair of scissors, Canada said.\nPolice later located Bhattacharya and arrested him on charges of battery, strangulation and confinement. He was booked into the Monroe County Jail and was still there as of press time.