A day after a final year student of BSc Mathematics, Jagdeep Singh, was attacked by his junior, the university has marked an inquiry into the matter. Talking to Newsline, Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof R C Sobti said, “I have asked the the registrar’s office for a detailed report and will initiate action into the matter by tomorrow.”

Meanwhile, the accused Gurinder Singh, who had manage to flee from the campus yesterday, was arrested and a case under Sections 323, 308, 506, 34 of the IPC was registered at the Sector-11 police station. A complaint was filed by Jagdeep’s father Parkash Chander Verma against Gurinder, Prabhjot Singh and Sukhdev Singh who were present when Jagdeep was attacked outside the department.

Defending the security arrangements at the university campus Sobti said, “The students did not bring any weapon from outside the campus but used the shear for cutting grass.”

A committee will review the security arrangements on campus. Drop gates and CCTV cameras were placed at various places recently, he added.

The accused had managed to flee after attacking Jagdeep and there was no security guard on duty at the department at that time.