‘Shopping for free’: Students loot LPU campus mall; torch computer science block

 Several videos from Lovely Professional University show students reportedly taking items from shops during protests. The protests were sparked by allegations surrounding the rape of a female student and a student’s suicide. Police reported clashes, stone-pelting, and damage to property during the unrest, escalated by social media rumors. An investigation has been initiated, while the university has denied the rape allegations as false. Several videos from Lovely Professional University show students reportedly taking items from shops during protests. The protests were sparked by allegations surrounding the rape of a female student and a student’s suicide. Police reported clashes, stone-pelting, and damage to property during the unrest, escalated by social media rumors. An investigation has been initiated, while the university has denied the rape allegations as false.