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LPU Student Arrested as Another Escapes Punjab Police Raid
Punjab police are investigating violence that happened at Lovely Professional University last month.
They registered three police cases naming 20 students and outsiders.
Police found and arrested one LPU student in Doda.
They were also looking for another student from Kishtwar.
That student is described as a social-media influencer.
Police went to his home but did not find him there.
They then searched a relative’s house in Doda, but he had already left.
The names of the students have not been officially announced.
Punjab police arrested an LPU student in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, over last month’s campus violence.
Another student, described as a social-media influencer from Kishtwar, allegedly escaped police custody efforts.
Police have not officially released either student’s name.
Officers raided locations in Doda and adjoining Kishtwar while searching for the second student.
Punjab police registered three FIRs naming 20 students and outsiders after the LPU violence.
- Who
- Punjab police, an arrested Lovely Professional University student, and another student from Kishtwar.
- What
- Police arrested one student and continued searching for another in connection with violence at the LPU campus.
- Where
- The arrest and raids took place in Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir; the alleged violence occurred at Lovely Professional University.
- When
- The arrest was reported on Thursday; the campus violence occurred last month.
- Why
- The police action relates to three FIRs registered over the violence, naming 20 students and outsiders.
Key facts
- Arrest
- One LPU student was arrested in Doda.
- Second student
- A social-media influencer from Kishtwar allegedly escaped before police arrived.
- Police action
- Punjab police conducted raids in Doda and adjoining Kishtwar.
- Cases registered
- Three FIRs were registered after the LPU campus violence.
- People named
- The FIRs named 20 students and outsiders.
- Names
- Police have not officially named the two students.
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