HighLights
  1. Punjab Police arrested two students from Jammu for LPU violence.
  2. Arrests linked to violent protests at Lovely Professional University campus.
  3. Unrest triggered by alleged rape rumours, leading to vandalism.

LPU Violence Case: In a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police, Punjab Police on Friday arrested two students for allegedly being involved in the violent protest inside the Lovely Professional University (LPU) campus. Both accused were arrested from Doda and Pouni Chak area of the Jammu region.

The arrested youth were identified as LPU student Sahil Singh from Koti village in Doda district and Antariksh from Pouni Chak area of Jammu.

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3 Persons Nabbed Over Violence On LPU Campus

Earlier on Thursday, three persons were arrested in connection with the violence on the campus. One of the three is an LPU student, a resident of Sonipat in Haryana. The other two are locals of Phagwara, where the university is located. They were produced before a court in Phagwara on Thursday, which sent them into three days' police remand.

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What Triggered The Violent Protest On The Campus

On Sunday, LPU students held a massive protest during which they blocked a stretch of the Delhi-Amritsar Highway outside the campus over a claim that an outsider had raped a female student on the university premises. Students also alleged that some outsiders with their faces covered damaged property, ransacked shops and set several places on fire on the LPU campus. Another wave of violence erupted on Sunday evening after the protesting students allegedly pelted police personnel with stones and attacked their vehicles, leaving several cops injured.

The police registered a rape case on the complaint of students. Three separate cases were also filed against unidentified persons in connection with the violence, arson, damage to property, and blockade of the highway. On Monday, a large number of students left for their homes after the suspension of classes for 10 days, leaving calm in their wake after days of unrest.

What Police Said On Violence

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on the intervening night of 26-27 September, late-night rumours started circulating about certain incidents inside Lovely Professional University campus. A large number of students came out. There were some incidents of vandalism; a portion of the gate was set on fire, he said. "As soon as the Police came to know about this, around 1.30 am DIG Jalandhar Range Naveen Singla, SSP Kapurthala Gaurav Toora, SSP Hoshiarpur, SSP Jalandhar Rural and all officers reached the spot and stabilised the situation and started discussions as well as negotiations with students," the DGP said.

(With PTI inputs)


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