A week on, police reluctant to arrest troublemaking students in QAU
Leave matters for university administration to deal with
Leave matters for university administration to deal with. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
Over a week after the Quaid-i-Azam had to be closed owing to clashes between two student groups, most of the students involved in that violent clash have yet to be arrested.
On May 20, as many as 30 students were injured when students affiliated with the Baloch and Sindhi groups clashed at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), attacking each other with rods, clubs, fists and even guns, forcing varsity officials to summon the police and Rangers. As a result of the clash, the university remained closed for four days while access to hostels was restricted.
QAU fails to control contraband on campus
An FIR was also lodged with police booking 15 Sindhi and 11 Baloch students of the university after receiving a complaint from the varsity’s administration. Police had also recovered a pistol used in the clashes from a hostel of the varsity.
But a week later, police seem reluctant to arrest any of the students named in the report on the pretext that they are waiting for a decision from the university’s disciplinary committee.
Police officials told The Express Tribune that apart from three students who had been initially arrested, no further arrests have been made.
Officials added that they are not investigating the case and have left the matter to the university’s disciplinary committee (UDC).
Sub-inspector Azhar Mehmood at the Secretariat police, who is investigating the case, said that of the 26 students named in the FIR, only the three who had been detained initially had been arrested so far.
He added that the university was conducting an inquiry into the matter as well.
Separately, Secretariat SHO Inspector Hakim Khan said that they were waiting for a decision from the university’s disciplinary committee before taking further action. However, he assured that all those students who had been nominated in the case would be arrested.
QAU closed after dozens injured in armed clash between students
Last week, as the university announced that it would reopen from Thursday, QAU Acting Registrar Dr Imtiazuddin in a memo said that a committee of senior faculty members has been assigned to investigate the clash and to submit recommendations to avoid such incidents in the future. Moreover, the varsity said that students responsible for the violence had been identified and would be dealt with according to the university’s disciplinary rules.
QAU officials said the committee had summoned all the suspects for a hearing on Monday and its decision, including possible expulsion, was likely to be announced in the subsequent days.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2017.
Over a week after the Quaid-i-Azam had to be closed owing to clashes between two student groups, most of the students involved in that violent clash have yet to be arrested.
On May 20, as many as 30 students were injured when students affiliated with the Baloch and Sindhi groups clashed at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), attacking each other with rods, clubs, fists and even guns, forcing varsity officials to summon the police and Rangers. As a result of the clash, the university remained closed for four days while access to hostels was restricted.
QAU fails to control contraband on campus
An FIR was also lodged with police booking 15 Sindhi and 11 Baloch students of the university after receiving a complaint from the varsity’s administration. Police had also recovered a pistol used in the clashes from a hostel of the varsity.
But a week later, police seem reluctant to arrest any of the students named in the report on the pretext that they are waiting for a decision from the university’s disciplinary committee.
Police officials told The Express Tribune that apart from three students who had been initially arrested, no further arrests have been made.
Officials added that they are not investigating the case and have left the matter to the university’s disciplinary committee (UDC).
Sub-inspector Azhar Mehmood at the Secretariat police, who is investigating the case, said that of the 26 students named in the FIR, only the three who had been detained initially had been arrested so far.
He added that the university was conducting an inquiry into the matter as well.
Separately, Secretariat SHO Inspector Hakim Khan said that they were waiting for a decision from the university’s disciplinary committee before taking further action. However, he assured that all those students who had been nominated in the case would be arrested.
QAU closed after dozens injured in armed clash between students
Last week, as the university announced that it would reopen from Thursday, QAU Acting Registrar Dr Imtiazuddin in a memo said that a committee of senior faculty members has been assigned to investigate the clash and to submit recommendations to avoid such incidents in the future. Moreover, the varsity said that students responsible for the violence had been identified and would be dealt with according to the university’s disciplinary rules.
QAU officials said the committee had summoned all the suspects for a hearing on Monday and its decision, including possible expulsion, was likely to be announced in the subsequent days.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2017.