Violence on LU campus: Varsity authorities suspend three students after 12 days

A notice issued by university authorities read that the trio had been “expelled from the university with immediate effect”

Three second year B Com students of the Lucknow University were suspended, 12 days after committing acts of hooliganism and violence on the campus, on Friday.

The LU campus in Lucknow (HT File Photo)

A notice issued by university authorities read that the trio had been “suspended with immediate effect”.

The three had stormed into the room of an inmate of the university’s Habibullah hostel and thrashed him while training a pistol on him, on the night of November 25.

Following the incident, an FIR was registered on November 26 under relevant charges at the Hasanganj police station against the trio.

The victim Shashwat Yadav, in his police complaint, said Alok Jaiprakash Shukla, Anchal Kumar and Priyanshi Gupta, all students of B Com second year stormed into the room. The trio were armed with firearms and sharp-edged weapons which they trained on the Yadav before kicking and thrashing him. He suffered serious injuries and also suffered a fracture in his hand when he fended off a blow from an iron rod.