PAU transforms into police cantonment as employees’ union protests suspension

The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) was transformed into a police cantonment today, where PAU Employees Union was set to hold a protest against the suspension of a university employee. The Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, Swapan Sharma, along with senior police officials and anti-riot police, was deployed in large numbers. As soon as union members arrived to protest, they were rounded up by the police.

Manoj, a member of the union, said that a PAU employee had recently caught an AAP leader with a girl in a car in an objectionable state within the university campus. Malkit Singh, an employee in the plant breeding department, had raised the issue before university officials. However, instead of taking action against the AAP leader, the university suspended Malkit Singh.

“Today, PAU has been converted into a police cantonment to prevent us from raising our voice,” Manoj added. “Our members have been rounded up by the police under government pressure.”