एलपीयू में दंगे पर हाईकोर्ट में पीआईएल, सीबीआई जांच की मांग

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the recent violence at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab’s Jalandhar district has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, with the court agreeing to hear the matter on Wednesday.

The petition was mentioned on Tuesday before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor for urgent hearing.

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Senior Advocate Gaurav Chopra, appearing along with advocate Arjun Sheoran, sought urgent listing of the petition and told the bench that incidents of rioting, arson and looting had taken place at the university.

“Rioting, arson and looting took place at the university,” Chopra told the court while seeking an urgent hearing.

The bench agreed to take up the matter on Wednesday.

The PIL comes in the wake of violence at the university campus on Sunday following reports of an alleged sexual assault on a female student.

Police have registered a criminal case to investigate the allegations, though the alleged sexual assault has not yet been conclusively established.

The protests subsequently turned violent, with property damaged and shops on the campus allegedly looted.

Following the violence, the university suspended classes and other academic activities from September 28 for 10 days.

The High Court has so far only agreed to hear the PIL seeking a CBI investigation. No direction ordering a CBI probe has been issued at this stage.

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