180 Punjab University students sent to jail on judicial remand

LAHORE: A local court here on Wednesday sent as many as 180 students of the Punjab University to jail on judicial remand in cases pertaining to vandalism during clashes at the varsity.

Muslim Town police produced 196 students before the court.

The judge sent 180 students to prison on judicial remand and handed over the custody of 16 students to the police on physical remand for questioning.

Muslim Town police had registered three cases against the students for their involvement in clashes under section 7 of Anti-terrorism Act (ATA).

Earlier, Punjab Minister for High Education Ali Raza Gilani said 37 students had been expelled from the university for torching the university’s chemistry lab and damaging public property during clashes at the campus.

On January 22, several students sustained injuries when two student groups – the Baloch Student Group and Islami Jamiat Talba – clashed over a cultural event.

The members of a group attacked and destroyed a stall set up in connection with the festival at the university. A group of students also ransacked and torched a chemistry lab.