Former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu accused the AAP government in the state of sending miscreants to LPU ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's rally on September 30 in Jalandhar.
Pinarayi alleged that university founder and Chancellor and BJP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal and the management had sought to suppress the protests using the police and “Sangh Parivar goons”.
LPU has suspended classes for 10 days from Monday and postponed midterm exams after protests demanding action over an alleged rape on campus turned violent.
The DGP's visit to the Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara of Punjab's Kapurthala district comes after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asked him to assess the situation.