Overview
- The alleged attack took place on January 13 inside a hostel room at the Amarkantak campus, injuring economics postgraduate Hirosh Jyoti Das from Assam.
- An FIR was filed late Wednesday naming five students under BNS sections 115(2), 296, 351(3) and 3(5), according to district police officials.
- The university says it rusticated six students based on CCTV and forwarded the case to its disciplinary committee and local police, though other reports cite five expulsions.
- Investigators say the case remains under probe with no arrests, and hospital records from Gaurela were shared with Amarkantak police for follow-up.
- Campus protests erupted calling for action, and the victim told police his assailants questioned his origin and threatened him before binding and beating him.