By Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI- Over hundreds violent students protesters were arrested in different district of Punjab.According reports many students protesters and police men were injured in violence across the Punjab province.In Rawalpindi 349 and many seriously injured ,students protesters were arrested as police used tear gas to disperse students demonstrating against the alleged rape case of a girl student in Punjab Group of Colleges in Lahore.
Last week, reports related to the alleged rape of a private college student went viral on social media, prompting the police to arrest a security guard at the college who was allegedly involved in the incident.
Enraged by the alleged incident, students mobilised on social media and staged protests outside different colleges in Lahore over the past few days. On Monday, at least 28 were injured due to clashes with the security guards of the college and police.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has declared that the alleged rape was “fabricated news”, blaming the PTI for spreading the “fake reports” on social media. Punjab Group of Colleges (PGC) group Director Agha Tahir and other office-holders have termed the incident “baseless”.
Speaking to Dawn.com today, Rawalpindi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operation Hafiz Kamran Asghar said around 150 “violent protesters” had been arrested, adding that the situation was now completely under control.
SSP Asghar said that the police did not want to arrest students, however, if anyone tried to take the law into their hands under the guise of protests, legal action would be taken against them.
“All the angles of the protest are being investigated,” the SSP said, adding that a heavy contingent of police has been deployed on the main roads outside the colleges in different areas of the city.
“All the closed roads have also been opened,” SSP Asghar added.
According to a post on Rawalpindi Police’s X account, police personnel have been deployed at various locations across the city.
