LAHORE: The Muslim Town police on Thursday registered a case against the activists of a students` group of the Punjab University (PU) for allegedly kidnapping a member of the Punjabi Council. The PU administration, however, denied the occurrence of any such incident on the campus.

A large number of students from Baloch, Seraiki, Punjabi and Pakhtun councils on Thursday protested outside the vice-chancellor`s office demanding the rescue of Aziz Hassan Hanjra.

The students were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the administration for facilitating IJT activists who kidnapped their fellow student from the campus.

Hanjra, a student of the Sociology Department, with Ansar Saeed and Osama was going to a canteen of Hostel No 15 on Wednesday night on a bike when IJT activists Mahmood Durani, Faizan Babar, Amir Fida, Zain Siyal, Zia Jan, Maher Asif, Ammad Akhtar Bhatti and five to six unidentified persons carrying ironrods and pistol stopped them.

Durani reportedly pulled out his pistol and hurled life threats and also beat them with the pistol butt. All the suspects first thrashed and injured them and later snatched cash and mobile phones. They also took away Hanjra.

The police registered a kidnap case against seven nominated and six unidentified IJT activists on the complaint of victim`s cousin Adeeb Hassan from Pindi Bhattian and started an investigation.

Meanwhile, the kidnapping trend on Twitter with people demanding strict action against the suspects involved in the kidnapping and early recovery of the student.

A spokesperson for the PU said that according to Chief Security Officer retired Col Ubaid Masood, no incident of abduction occurred on the campus.

He claimed Hanjra was on the campus on Wednesday and had an interaction with a university official as well.

However, he said, he might have left the campus at will but he was not abducted by anyone at all.

He said some elements were prompting such events to achieve some hidden goals.