Overview
- The unrest at Lovely Professional University escalated on Sunday when students damaged campus property and blocked the Jalandhar‑Phagwara national highway following widely shared but unverified social media claims that a female student had been assaulted.
- Police say they registered an FIR based on student statements and formed a Special Investigation Team that will examine CCTV footage, forensics and phone data as part of the probe.
- LPU management has denied the allegations as false and issued statements and video rebuttals asking the public not to circulate unverified posts.
- Students combined the immediate demand for an inquiry with longer‑standing grievances about hostel safety and administration responsiveness, and talks between student representatives and university officials have been scheduled.
- The episode follows a similar protest at Chitkara University the previous day, highlighting how rapid social‑media rumours can trigger clustered campus unrest and raise legal and reputational risks for private universities.