PU hostel search: Administration hands over 4 illegal occupants to police

PU admin, law enforcement and Punjab govt had agreed to conduct operations, clear hostels of illegal residents.

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Wednesday searched one of their hostels and handed over 4 illegal occupants to the police, Express News reported.

The search was conducted at Hostel No 15.

On December 10, PU administration had searched Hostel No 15 and 18 and handed 15 illegal occupants over to the police.

The Express Tribune had earlier learnt that the university administration, law enforcement agencies and the Punjab government agreed to conduct an operation to clear university hostels of illegal residents.

A joint strategy was drawn up at a meeting to evict any illegal hostel residents amidst reports that suspected terrorists were visiting the hostels or staying there whilst pretending to be students.

Administration had also decided to convert Hostel No 16, an Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) stronghold, into a hostel for girls, for whom accommodation on campus was short. The IJT went against this decision and took the law into their hands and were arrested for doing so.

In September this year, a suspected al Qaeda handler was arrested from Hostel No 1.