Protest in LPU after student reportedly dies by suicide

Phagwara: In a shocking incident, a youth’s body was found hanging from a hostel of Lovely Professional University in Phagwara. Following this, a massive protest broke down in the university campus on Tuesday night.

According to the information, the deceased youth was a student of business management in the university.

Satnampura SHO Jatinder Kumar of Phagwara police said the police had received information that the body of a youth was found hanging inside a university hostel.

He said that the police reached the spot and identified the deceased youth, identified as Agin Dalip of Kerala. His body was sent to the mortuary of civil hospital for postmortem.

He said the police were investigating the case thoroughly from all angles. The police have not recovered any suicide note, he said. The matter remains a mystery at the time of writing the report and a police investigation is underway.

However, students created a ruckus in the campus alleging that this was second suicide case in the past 10 days and university authorities are trying to suppress the matter.

Earlier this week, protesters were held in Chandigarh University in Mohali over leak of girls MMS.