Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- A week after Panjab University (PU) suspended an executive engineer (XEN) and a sub-divisional engineer (electrical) following the death of a 28-year-old research scholar due to suspected electrocution on South campus, the two have been reinstated even as a probe into the matter is still pending.

PU registrar YP Verma said that the step has been taken as the "post-mortem report had ruled out the role of the two officials in the student's death".

To be sure, the post-mortem report is not out in public domain yet.

The orders, issued on Tuesday, read that executive engineer 2 Anil Kumar and sub divisional engineer (electrical) Lakhwinder Singh Dhanoa have been reinstated with immediate effect.

Responding to the deve...