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3 Arrested in LPU Campus Violence, Including One Student
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News18•01-10-2026, 21:15
3 Arrested in LPU Campus Violence, Including One Student
- •Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the violence that occurred on the Lovely Professional University (LPU) campus.
- •One of the arrested is an LPU student from Sonipat, Haryana; the other two are locals from Phagwara.
- •The arrested individuals were sent into three days' police remand after being produced before a court.
- •LPU students previously protested, blocking the Delhi-Amritsar Highway, over claims of an outsider raping a female student and property damage by masked individuals.
- •Police registered a rape case and three separate cases related to violence, arson, property damage, and highway blockade.
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Three persons were arrested in connection with the violence on the Lovely Professional University campus, including one varsity student from Sonipat and two local residents of Phagwara.
Students held a massive protest and blocked a highway over claims that an outsider had raped a female student on the university premises, fueled by unverified social media rumors.
Classes were suspended for 10 days causing many students to leave for their homes, while a court sent the three arrested suspects into a three-day police remand.
