Crossing all limits of brutality, Islami Jamiat-e-Talba (IJT) members on Saturday thrashed Punjab University (PU) Security Company Commander and Acting Assistant Security Officer Shahbaz Ahmed with rods and sticks, leaving him in a critical condition, the PU claimed.
On insistence of some IJT activists, some people forcibly entered the campus and reached the cricket ground of the hostel area. They started digging the ground to construct toilets ahead of their planned convention under auspices of some expelled students and outsiders, including Atif Gujjar, Hafiz Wajid, Ahmed Qadeer, Faisal, Tayyab Sarwar, Babar, Imran Qureshi, Tayyab Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Hafiz Ahsan, Salman Saeed, Haris, Muhammad Umar and their 20 to 25 other colleagues. The PU administration instantly informed the Muslim Town SHO and Allama Iqbal Town SP so that the illegal activity could be stopped with help of law enforcement agencies.
IJT activists attacked the security guards present on the spot. PU Registrar Dr Akhtar, Hall Council Chairman Dr Amin Athar, Resident Officer-1 Javed Sami and Advisor to the vice-chancellor Colonel (r) Ikramullah Khan reached the spot and got Shahbaz released. Shahbaz, who was severely bleeding, was in a critical condition.
Later, the administration took Shahbaz to the office of the Allama Iqbal Town SP so that legal process could be initiated against the culprits. Shahbaz was shifted to Jinnah Hospital for medical treatment. The PU IJT nazim and others were not available for comments.
