Punjab
varsity suspends classes after soccer violence
Thursday April 28, 2011 02:11:30 PM,
IANS
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Jalandhar:
The Lovely Professional University (LPU) here Thursday called off
classes for three days following the death of a Mizo student who
was brutally thrashed by three African students during a football
match in the campus.
"In the wake of this incident, we have called off classes till
Saturday," a varsity spokesperson told IANS.
The three African students were arrested Wednesday night.
Two students, Ahmed Al-Nagni and Sayed Feisal, are from Tanzania,
while the third, Hatin Indriss, hails from Sudan.
A friendly football match between students from Africa and Mizoram
in the campus turned deadly Tuesday when players of the two teams
engaged in a brawl, resulting in the death of the Mizoram player,
identified as Johnny F. Lalhmangaih.
Lalhmangaih, 22, was pursuing civil engineering from the LPU.
Following the incident, scores of Indian students had gone on
rampage and damaged the hostel's furniture and rooms. Heavy police
force was called in to control the situation.
An uneasy calm prevailed in the university campus. University
authorities have shifted African students from the hostel to some
undisclosed location.
"We are taking all precautionary measures. We do not want our
students to resort to violence and higher authorities of the
university will make sure that strict action will be taken against
the culprits. Very few African students stay in the hostel as most
of them are staying outside the campus," the spokesperson said.
Earlier too there was a clash between Indian and African students,
but the matter was resolved amicably.
Currently, over 250 foreign students from 16 countries are
studying at the university. Of them, around 50 are from African
countries.
According to the post-mortem report, Lalhmangaih died of internal
injuries. His relative from Chandigarh had come to take his body.
His father is working as sub-divisional officer in the public
welfare department in Mizoram.
Punjab's first private university, Lovely Professional University
is located on the Phagwara-Jalandhar National Highway and has over
24,000 students on its rolls.
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