Hafiz Tauseef Qasim and Imran Mumtaz, two Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists of the Punjab University, have been expelled for beating up a student for sitting with a female classmate. The decision was taken by the disciplinary committee, even though Ayaz, the victim of the beating, retracted his complaint on Tuesday. It was reported by students that Ayaz had been bullied into retracting his complaint. The director of the Institute of Adminsitrative Sciences and Human Resource Development, Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, confirmed the expulsion to Daily Times on Thursday. The committee decided to expel Qasim and Mumtaz after the testimony of an eyewitness. Jadoon said that beating a student was a serious offence and the department had taken the right decision.