Now, protest & violence rock LPU over 'rape-suicide' claims

Jalandhar: Violent protests erupted at the Lovely Professional University campus in Phagwara on Saturday night following rumours of the rape and suicide of a female student at a hostel -- the pattern uncanny similar to protests that rocked Chitkara University a day earlier though police deny any linkage.Protesters alleged that a student died by suicide after being raped by a varsity worker in a room in girls’ hostel No. 3 on Sept 23, and that university authorities suppressed it. LPU autho