India
LPU students block highway after rape rumour
The Hindu··27 Sept
Students at Lovely Professional University in Phagwara protested early Sunday after unverified reports of an alleged rape. Police said students gathered around 2 a.m. and blocked the Jalandhar-Phagwara national highway. Kapurthala SSP Gaurav Toora said police had no information of such a crime and called the claims rumours. DIG Naveen Singla said FIR action against an unknown person had begun.
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What It Means For You
- Traffic on the Jalandhar-Phagwara national highway was blocked during the overnight protest.
- Police said a Special Investigation Team will examine forensic material, CCTV and phone data.
- A heavy police force remains deployed at the campus after property damage was reported.
What's Happening
- Students damaged window panes and flower pots and set some objects on fire, videos showed.
- Protesters linked the gathering to an alleged G3 hostel incident said to have occurred three days earlier.
- SSP Toora said students also raised unresolved issues with the university administration.
What police said on Sunday
- DIG Singla said registration of an FIR against an unknown person had started based on protester allegations.
- LPU's registrar later called the circulating claims false and fabricated in a statement cited by The Times of India.
- The Hindu noted a similar unverified-claim protest a day earlier at Chitkara University in Patiala.
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