CHANDIGARH: A mob has chased a Channel Nine crew who tried to film a former home of Puneet Puneet, the Indian student who skipped bail and fled Melbourne after pleading guilty to killing a pedestrian.

The Nine reporter Jacqueline Freegard and cameraman Stephen Greaves were surrounded by a large group of locals unhappy about their attempts to film near the house.

Greaves was pushed and shoved and his equipment damaged. They said they were shaken but unhurt.

''There were probably 100 people there shouting at us,'' Freegard said. ''We were quite terrified.''

It is understood that three years ago Puneet lived briefly in the house in Panchkula, a town near the northern city of Chandigarh. His driver's licence was registered at the Panchkula address, sources said.

A resident of the house, Surendera, said he did not know Puneet or his family. But neighbours told the Herald they believed those living in the house were related to Puneet.

Last October Puneet was driving a car that hit and killed Dean Hofstee, 19, and seriously injured Clancy Coker, 20, students from the Gold Coast. Puneet, who was studying cookery, flew from Melbourne to Delhi in July using a fake passport.

Som Patidar and Matt Wade