LAHORE: Protests in opposition to the alleged rape of a faculty lady in Lahore came about for the second day on Tuesday as college students from throughout Punjab voiced their outrage in opposition to the incident.
A day earlier, a bunch of college students gathered exterior a personal faculty on a protest name after reviews of the alleged rape of a feminine pupil went viral on social media platforms.
The protests, nevertheless, turned violent after college students clashed with the regulation enforcers which resulted in 28 folks, together with 4 policemen, being injured. The protest was postpone and it was determined to renew the demonstration right this moment once more.
It might be famous that the police had arrested a safety guard of the faculty, who was accused of raping the scholar and launched an investigation into the matter.
Nevertheless, the suspect denied the allegations, whereas the police additionally could not discover the proof to show them.
Earlier right this moment, the Punjab police additionally refuted the claims associated to the alleged rape of a personal faculty pupil, saying that “there isn’t any sufferer” linked to allegations.
Nevertheless, the scholars continued their protest right this moment and staged a sit-in in entrance of the Punjab Meeting on Charing Cross Mall Street amid heavy police presence.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Defence Shehrbano Naqvi mentioned whereas chatting with “Geo Pakistan” hosts on Tuesday that the lady who’s being named as alleged sufferer was hospitalised 10 days previous to the day that’s being claimed because the day of the incident.
“Her medical reviews can be found, the report of the hospitals she has been admitted to are additionally accessible, and details about the best way she fell whereas preparing for college at her personal home can be accessible,” the officer mentioned.
The ASP famous that two women within the faculty had the identical names, one in every of them was utterly fantastic, whereas the opposite one was the lady admitted to the hospital.
In the meantime. the scholars from different cities of Punjab additionally joined the protests with a few of them vandalising a university constructing on Bosan Street in Multan after which the police arrested dozens of scholars and baton charged them.
A motorbike rally was taken out by college students in Jahanian, whereas in Zafarwal, college students blocked visitors by setting tires on hearth, demanding justice and a clear investigation into the matter.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday fashioned a six-member investigation committee beneath the chairmanship of chief secretary.
In the meantime, Lahore police additionally requested particulars of the incident from the residents, saying anybody with data ought to inform the Digital Girls Police Station.
Lady’s household denies ‘rape’
Whereas the protests rocked the provincial capital, the lady’s household surfaced and denied the claims relating to the purported rape.
In a video message with ASP Naqvi, the lady’s father and uncle — with their faces coated with masks — mentioned that “there was no sexual assault” on their daughter.
“We’re stunned to see the movies of ongoing protests on social media.”
The lady’s uncle mentioned that she was at present beneath remedy in a hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) for the harm in her again that she had sustained from a fall of their home, including that the protests in her title had been being wrongly held.
Within the video, ASP Naqvi mentioned requested the lots to keep away from involving anybody on the premise of false reviews.
Police at all times register a case on their behalf in case of such offences, she insisted.