Overview
- Vice-Chancellor Bhupinder Kaur Anand issued an official statement expressing anguish over the events and clarifying that the university’s ties to the detained doctors are strictly professional.
- The statement condemns “baseless and misleading” online reports and urges the public and media to verify information through official channels.
- It asserts that no prohibited chemicals are used, stored, or handled on campus and that laboratories operate under statutory safety protocols and ethical standards.
- Investigators have detained two doctors linked to the university, identified as Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheed, and the main blast suspect, Dr Mohammad Umar, was also associated with the institution.
- Security agencies have conducted campus checks and questioned more than 52 individuals as part of an ongoing probe connected to a reported seizure of 2,900 kg of explosives.