The event had been organised as part of the three-day fest of University Institute of Applied Management Sciences. According to sources, chaos prevailed after all the seats were filled and individuals carrying passes were not let in. 

In all, 900 passes for the function, being held at the gymnasium hall, were distributed while a crowd of 2,000 turned up for the programme. The police officers, on finding it difficult to handle the maddening crowd, approached the university authorities to stop the function. Professor A K Saijhpal, Director UIAMS, said: “We were having a peaceful function but when we were told that people standing outside were creating trouble, we stopped the function that was nearing completion.” Meanwhile, the mob is learnt to have broken the gate and torn the banners.