From a ₹500 loan and a small sweet shop in Jalandhar to a ₹2,000-crore education empire, this is the story behind the ‘Lovely’ in Lovely Professional University
Instead of questioning the failure of the Punjab police and the Bhagwant Mann-led government over the rape case at the Lovely Professional University, he went on a monologue about how the blame lies with society.
The protesters have demanded stronger security in girls’ hostels, that male staff should not be deployed in areas where female students live, and greater accountability of hostel officials.
Hundreds of students protested late at night at Punjab’s Chitkara University, claiming a female student had committed suicide and that the hostel was haunted.
Workers said many of them have been spending money from their own pockets to buy biscuits and other packaged food. Some have also been bringing extra tiffins from home so that children have something to eat.
According to the FBI, Bedi was involved in a scheme between March 2024 and June 2025 that caused a loss of at least $600,000 to the US government. His store dealt with customers who used Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to access SNAP benefits.