LUCKNOW, Sept. 16 -- The University of Lucknow (LU) suspended five students on Wednesday over alleged misconduct with minor girls and others during an event on the campus. The action followed an interim report of the university's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), which found their "conduct unbecoming of students", officials said.

The suspended students are Divyansh Awasthi, Anurag Kumar Yadav, Nitin Pandey, Akhilesh Pratap Yadav and Sharad Mishra. The first four are BA NEP third-year students, while Mishra is pursuing a PhD in political science.

According to the order issued by LU chief proctor Prof Rakesh Dwivedi, the students have been suspended with immediate effect pending further inquiry. Their room allotments, if any, were canc...