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LPU Shifts to Online Classes Amid Unrest Probe, FIR Filed Against Unknown Students
- •Lovely Professional University (LPU) will hold online classes from October 5 to 7 due to recent campus unrest and a probe into the incidents.
- •The decision was made to ensure academic continuity and address concerns arising from misleading information and rumors.
- •Mid-term examinations are scheduled for October 12 to 17, with regular offline classes resuming on October 12.
- •Phagwara Police registered a fresh FIR against unidentified students and non-students for protests and blocking the Delhi-Amritsar National Highway.
- •A BTech student has filed a PIL in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking a CBI probe into the violence and vandalism at LPU.
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Lovely Professional University stated that online classes will be conducted from October 5 to 7, 2026, through the LPU My Class platform. Doubt-clearing sessions will take place on October 8 and 9, and regular offline classes are scheduled to resume on October 12, 2026.
Phagwara Police registered a fresh FIR against unidentified students and non-students under Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 8B of the National Highways Act. This brings the total number of FIRs registered in connection with the campus violence to three.
The protests were sparked by unverified social media reports circulating among students claiming that a female student had been sexually assaulted and subsequently died by suicide. This led to campus vandalism, blocked national highways, and subsequent police intervention.
