In a tragic incident, a 22-year old student of Panjab University, was stabbed to death in a violent clash of two groups of students after a musical concert here on the varsity campus late Friday night.
According to police, Aditya Thakur, who was among four students stabbed, succumbed to his injuries at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Saturday.
Himachal students attacked each other with knives in Punjab university.. himachalis brings weapons inside the campus ..so now should Punjabis blame all himachal students for breaking the law and order?? pic.twitter.com/ok84WzCmKt
— prince sandhu (@princesandhu302) March 29, 2025
Lawlessness at its peak!
Himachal student Aditya Thakur stabbed to death, 3 injured during a Panjab University event. How can such violence happen on campus? Where is accountability? #JusticeForAdityaThakur #PanjabUniversity pic.twitter.com/mBDGRLTIvu— Naughty Himachal (@NaughtyHimachal) March 29, 2025
Thakur, a native of Nalagarh town of Himachal Pradesh, was a second year student of computer science engineering at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET). The concert of Haryanvi singer Masoom Sharma, was organised by Panjab University South Campus.
According to information, at least four students including Thakur, were attacked by a group of “outsiders’’ who had scaled the campus walls from adjoining Sector 25. The police said that it had registered a case murder against some “unidentified’’ attackers and the investigation into the case is on.
Meanwhile, the Dean, Students Welfare, PU, Amit Chauhan, held that the PU would proceed after the police report.
#WATCH | Chandigarh: A ruckus took place at Panjab University following an alleged stabbing incident here. Police force present at the University pic.twitter.com/vkIumlX5do
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2025
The other three students stabbed in the clash, including one from Chandigarh University, Gharuan, admitted in the Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, here, were said to be out of danger.
The musical concert was organised by PU Campus Students Council, joint secretary, Jasvinder Rana, who was booked recently, in a brawl case at ABVP office in Sector 15.
