Goa, Sept. 27 -- Tensions flared dramatically at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab as a student-led protest over unverified claims of an alleged campus assault spiraled into widespread violence, property damage, and a major highway blockade. The demonstrations, which began late Saturday night, continued intensely through Sunday morning, drawing heavy police intervention.

According to video footage from the scene, what started as peaceful student slogan-chanting quickly degraded into chaos. Windows were smashed, flower pots were destroyed, and minor fires were set to parts of the university premises. Frustrated by a lack of immediate institutional clarity, groups of students also spilled onto the Jalandhar-Phagwara national h...