Police have arrested at least 150 violent protesters in Rawalpindi who were demonstrating against the alleged rape of an unnamed female student in Punjab Group of Colleges in Lahore.
The police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.
A social media post went viral alleging that a rape took place in a campus of Punjab Group of Colleges. However, as yet, no student or family has come forward to file a complaint. Enraged students staged protests outside different colleges in Lahore, leaving 28 people injured.
Rawalpindi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operation Hafiz Kamran Asghar today told Dawn that at least 150 violent protesters had been arrested so far, and police have controlled the law and order situation in Rawalpindi.
The Senior Superintendent of Police said that whoever attempts to take the law into their own hand under the pretence of protest would face legal consequences.
“All the closed roads have also been opened,” SSP Asghar added.
Rawalpindi police on X (formerly Twitter) wrote, “Rawalpindi Police is fully prepared to deal with any law and order situation.”
Earlier, a college security guard lost his life in violent clashes with students in Gujrat district. Police have booked 185 people in a murder case.
