PESHAWR: The Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan was closed on Tuesday for an indefinite period and students were evicted from hostels.
| "Beat it, y'little brats! Get the hell out! And take your goats with you!" |
The decision came as NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman ordered an inquiry into the violence at the university on Monday. Khalil, who is the chancellor of Gomal University, ordered a detailed investigation into the killing of a Wensam College student and directed law-enforcement agencies to identify and apprehend the vandals "as soon as possible." Police arrested more than 250 students, including students from Jamaat-e-Islami and other parties' student wings, for violence, and registered cases against 16 of them under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Riots broke out after a student of class nine at Wensam College was found dead late Sunday night and a varsity guard was blamed for the killing. Students torched the varsity guesthouse and several vehicles, and attacked the administration block. |