Nine Held After Lovely Professional University Campus Violence

Police arrested nine people after violent protests at Lovely Professional University.

Seven of those arrested are students at the university, and one is a juvenile.

Police say the protests included fires, damage, attacks on police vehicles, and blocking a highway.

The protests began after a social media post claimed that a student had been raped.

Police registered a rape case against unknown people and created a team to investigate it.

Police said they did not use force against the students while restoring order.

Social media influencer Mohammad Farhat was named in the case, but he said he was not involved.

Separately, two people were arrested for spreading claims that two Chitkara University students had died by suicide.

Police said those claims were untrue and have named more people in that case.