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Protests erupt at Lovely Professional University over alleged sexual assault

Students at Lovely Professional University blocked National Highway 44 and clashed with police following allegations that a female student was raped by a plumber. Punjab Police registered a First Information Report in response to the demonstrations. The university has denied the allegations, stating that the reports circulating are rumours.

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Our summary of the disagreement.
Student protesters reported that a hostel resident was raped by a plumber, while university officials denied the incident took place and characterised the reports as baseless rumours.
The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • feeds-feedburnerPunjab Police
  • thehindualleged
  • bbcIndian university
4 differing positions reported on location across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • feeds-feedburnerLovely Professional University
  • thehinduNH-44
  • bbcपंजाब
  • deutscheIndia
  • thewirehindiपंजाब
2 differing positions reported on status across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • feeds-feedburneralleged
  • thehindualleged
  • bbcमामला
  • deutschesuspends
  • thewirehindiकथित
  • aljazeerasuspend
WherePunjab
30.971, 75.565 ±120 km
First reported28 days ago
Published2026-09-27 18:14 UTC
Sources6
How this travelled.
Reports11Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Protests erupt at Lovely Professional University over alleged sexual assault. 2026-09-27T18:14:02.122Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3758. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-27/punjabs-lpu-student-protesters-block-nh-44-clash-with-police-01c8025b

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