As normalcy returned to Lovely Professional University (LPU), Ashok Mittal, Rajya Sabha member and chancellor of the university, claimed that the entire incident had been executed in a well-planned manner.
A masked mob vandalised university property, set fire to campus buildings, and torched police vehicles. “The entire narrative of fake rape reports started from social media platforms. Mittal stated he is certain the entire incident was sponsored and calculated, adding that the managed lawlessness was designed to damage the reputation of both LPU and the state.
On August 26, two waves of violence broke out following unverified reports alleging that an outsider had raped a female student. Protesters threw stones and glass bottles at police officers before moving onto the Amritsar-Delhi National Highway (NH-44), blocking the major route for nearly 12 hours until traffic finally resumed after midnight. The Kapurthala police had registered a rape case under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against unidentified person after the unrest began on Sunday when a masked mob vandalised university property, torched police vehicles, and set parts of campus buildings on fire following such unverified reports circulated among the students.
The reality is that no rape incident occurred at LPU, and all the reports related to it are fake and completely baseless,” Mittal said.
“Most of them had poor academic records. Only a few university students joined them after being provoked to take part in these violent acts.
We are already coordinating with the special investigation team probing the violence incidents and are providing them with all the support needed for a free and fair investigation into the matter,” he said.
