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Protests and investigations at Lovely Professional Univ

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Following an alleged rape incident at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ordered a police investigation and the formation of a Special Investigating Team. The incident led to violent student protests and a 10-day closure of the university, though LPU management has rejected the allegations as “fabricated”. In the aftermath, Congress leaders Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa criticized the Aam Aadmi Party government. Channi alleged that government, alleging police failed to register an FIR failures and accused the administration of sponsoring “hooliganism against students” following the university owner’s entry into the BJP. Randhawa further raised concerns regarding the state’s a deteriorating law and order situation, citing prolonged protests and highway blockades. Punjab Police have since launched a scientific and technical investigation situation. Investigations into the unrest. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is examining CCTV footage and video evidence to identify those responsible for vandalism, property damage, unrest, which involved arson, looting, and attacks. While the university maintains the incident did not occur, police destruction of property, have intensified. Police have registered an FIR against an unidentified person to establish the facts. Additionally, an FIR has four separate FIRs involving charges such as vandalism, arson of police vehicles, and obstructing traffic. As of early October, nine individuals have been filed against unidentified arrested, including seven students and non-students regarding two outsiders, while 20 others have been named in legal filings. Three suspects—James Dahiya, Gagan, and Kamal—were placed on a blockade of the Delhi-Amritsar National Highway (NH-44) at Chaheru. The blockade, which occurred three-day police remand by a local court. Additionally, a minor student from Himachal Pradesh was arrested after CCTV footage showed him climbing a MiG-23UM fighter jet on September 28, disrupted traffic in both directions. Police have invoked Section 285 of campus. While the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 8B of unrest was reportedly triggered by viral social media claims regarding the National Highways Act sexual harassment of a female student, a video has since surfaced in connection with which the disruption. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav has alleged victim stated she was safe and that “strict action will be taken against all those involved in no such incident had occurred, though she noted the violence.” Recent developments indicate that protests caused her “significant distress”. Authorities continue to investigate the unrest, fueled by unverified role of social media rumors, resulted in arson, looting, and spreading the destruction of university property, including CCTV cameras. Reports suggest masked outsiders carrying weapons may have joined rumors that incited the protesters. demonstrations.

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