Lovely Professional University in Punjab’s Phagwara has suspended classes for 10 days starting Monday and postponed its mid-term examinations until further notice after students held a protest alleging that a girl had been raped on campus, reported Hindustan Times.
The protests turned violent on Sunday, with students damaging university property, setting some objects on fire and blocking the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway. In videos shared online, some protesters could be heard shouting “we want justice”.
The agitation had begun on Saturday when the students alleged that an “outsider working as a plumber” had entered the hostel room of a female student and raped her three days ago, reported The Indian Express. The protesting students claimed that the university administration had not taken action after the alleged sexual assault.
#WATCH | Phagwara, Punjab | Students leave for home as Lovely Professional University (LPU) suspends regular classes for 10 days from 28th September and postpones Mid-Term Examinations, following a protest by students that turned violent
— ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2026
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The institute’s Registrar Monica Gulati, on the other hand, claimed that the allegation of rape on campus “appears to be a deliberate and concerted attempt to malign the reputation of the university and tarnish its image”, reported The Indian Express.
“Certain anti-social elements are spreading completely false, baseless and fabricated...
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