On Tuesday, the Progressive Students Collective (PSC) held an anti-harassment rally, one day after 28 students were injured in clashes in Lahore with the police and a college’s security team during a protest against the alleged rape of a girl on campus.
After the news of the incident went viral on social media on Sunday, a security guard was arrested. A statement from the police said that the suspect had been taken into custody and that an investigation was underway.
However, it also stated that the victim’s family had not come forward to file a first information report (FIR) regarding the incident.
The Punjab government likewise shaped a “powerful” panel to test the episode. A notice gave by the CM Office said the main secretary would head the board of trustees, which likewise incorporated the backer general and secretaries of home, advanced education, custom curriculum, and medical services divisions.
Separately, Punjab police advised individuals to “immediately inform the authorities via either calling 15 or through the Women Safety App” if they had “any information regarding the alleged rape” in Lahore, according to a post on X.
“The name of the informant will be kept classified,” the police said.
Angered by the supposed occurrence, understudies assembled via web-based entertainment and arranged fights outside various universities in the city on Monday. Conflicts erupted between protesters and a college’s security team at one of the demonstrations. Later, the students clashed with the police as well, which both ended in fatalities.
At the Hafeez Centre Punjab College Campus, security personnel and students got into a fight, according to Rescue 1122’s statement.
The PSC organized a rally on Tuesday from Government College University to the Punjab Assembly. The group had invited demonstrators to join the protest at 10:30 a.m. in a statement on X this morning.
The rally called for an investigation into the incidents of harassment at Lahore Women’s College, the rape at Punjab College, and the violence against students that occurred yesterday. They demanded that a committee consisting of judges, representatives from student organizations, and independent human rights organizations be established.
Additionally, they demanded that a campus anti-harassment committee be established and that students, particularly one female student, be represented.
“No CCTV footage of incident found” was the third demand of the rally. Agha Tahir Ijaz, director of the Punjab Group of Colleges, addressed the alleged rape incident in a video statement on Tuesday.
“We checked the CCTV records however tracked down nothing. We, at the end of the day, went to a few police headquarters yet no case was accounted for there,” he said.
He went on to say, “Police took with them all our CCTV records,” and he added that the college called several students who were on leave due to illness or for other reasons.
