BHUBANESWAR: A group of girl students of a karate training center here thrashed five youths for allegedly making lewd passes at them near the Nayapalli Durga Puja pandal on Tuesday night.The girls also helped police arrest them. Recently, another girl of the same institute chased and beat up two youths, who wanted to escape after snatching her belongings. She also helped police arrest them.The latest incident took place around 11.30 pm. The youths stalked them and pushed them inappropriately. "Initially, we thought their act was unintentional. But when they kept misbehaving with us in the crowd, we protested. They abused us with vulgar words. To defend ourselves, we showed them our skill," said a girl. The girls overpowered five youths while another boy escaped. Two of the five men suffered injuries on their faces after being beaten up by the girls. Some locals promptly intervened when the girls raised an alarm. We have registered a case and arrested the accused, said DCP Satyabrata Bhoi.