A huge protest broke out on the campus of Lovely Professional University here late Tuesday night after a student allegedly committed suicide in a hostel room.
The protesting students alleged that this was the second suicide reported at the campus in the last 10 days, but the administration is tight-lipped on the issue.
They alleged they were protesting as they want to know the reasons behind both the suicide cases.They alleged that news of the last suicide had gone unreported as the matter was resolved behind closed doors. Phagwara DSP said the first-year student of B. Design at LPU died by suicide on Tuesday afternoon and that prima facie, the student was “having some personal issues, as has been suggested by the suicide note left by the deceased”.
As Protests broke out at the LPU campus on Tuesday after the student’s suicide came to fore, the varsity issued a statement and also said that the “initial investigation by the police and the contents of the suicide note point towards personal issues of the deceased”.“LPU is saddened by the unfortunate incident. Initial investigation by the police and the contents of the suicide note point towards personal issues of the deceased. The University is providing full support to the authorities for further investigation,” the statement by LPU posted on its official Twitter handle read.
