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Punjab Police arrest five over LPU campus violence

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC · How we work

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Punjab Police Arrests Five

Punjab Police arrested five people, including three Lovely Professional University (LPU) students, over September 27-28 campus violence.
CCTV footage and digital data helped police identify the five suspects.
Judicial Magistrate Harshvir Singh Sandhu remanded them for three days.
LPU halted classes for ten days starting September 28.
Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered a police status report, with a hearing on October 8.

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Historical Context

V. P. Singh’s 1990 decision to apply the Mandal Commission’s 27 % OBC reservation in government jobs sparked nationwide campus protests, highlighted by Rajiv Goswami’s self-immolation on 19 September 1990 and later Supreme Court rulings upholding the quota. A similar wave of student unrest erupted at LPU in 2024, prompting Punjab police to use CCTV and forensic arrests, echoing earlier legal and security responses.

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Punjab Police Arrests Five

Punjab Police arrested five people, including three Lovely Professional University (LPU) students, over September 27-28 campus violence.
CCTV footage and digital data helped police identify the five suspects.
Judicial Magistrate Harshvir Singh Sandhu remanded them for three days.
LPU halted classes for ten days starting September 28.
Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered a police status report, with a hearing on October 8.

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