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Several Lovely Professional University students protested after unverified social media claims surfaced that a female student had allegedly been gangraped or had died by suicide on campus, allegations denied by police. The rumours sparked unrest, with students vandalising university property and setting parts of the…
Student protests erupt at LPU in Punjab after alleged campus rape claim; police probe FIR, CCTV and hostel safety demands amid highway blockade
Hundreds of students at Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar protested after unverified social media claims of a campus rape, with the unrest leading to vandalism, fires and a blockade of the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway.