PU assault case 8212; Panel indicts two students

However, Amarjot Singh, Rajiv Thakur8217;s classmate and secretary of the Chandigarh unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhayarthi Parishad ABVP, who was named as one of Thakur8217;s assailants, was acquitted. quot;The board found that Amarjot was merely trying to help Rajiv and was not involved in the episode in anyway,quot; said Department Chairman Prof I.M. Govil.

Today in a statement issued to the press by the ABVP8217;s secretary, the party criticised PUSU for politicising the whole episode. Thakur is PUSU8217;s Departmental Representative in the Physics Department.

The Board has directed both Thakur and Kaur to submit written apologies and pay a fine of Rs 500 each.

Following the incidents at the party and subsequently the attack on Thakur in the department, physics students had boycotted classes and demanded rustication of Amarjot, whom they accused of assaulting Thakur.