LAHORE – The administration of the University of Punjab on Thursday suspended five students, who are alleged members of the Islami Jamiat Taleba (IJT), for beating a man over sitting with his wife in the varsity.
Videos of the incident circulating on social media show a man was being thrashed by a group of students in front of the History department while numbers of other students can be seen observing the brutal act.
A woman, in the video, is also yelling at the attackers, asking them to stop beating his husband. “What wrong he has done? He is my husband,” the woman can be heard in the clip.
The PU administration also suspended a security guard, who was among the onlookers, for not taking action over the incident.
The victim, who has been identified as Awais Rind, had come to the varsity to pick up his wife when the IJT students thrashed him, local media reported.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has also taken notice of the incident and sought a report from Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad.
