Overview
- An FIR was filed on the complaint of 22-year-old Hiros Jyoti Das, with five students booked under BNS sections for hurt, obscene acts, criminal intimidation and common intention.
- University officials say disciplinary action followed CCTV review, with five students expelled, while a separate statement referenced six rustications that investigators may clarify.
- Das alleges the assailants questioned his origin and threatened him before the attack; he received initial care on campus and was shifted to a hospital in Gaurela for treatment of facial injuries.
- Police named the accused as Anurag Pande, Jatin Singh, Rajnish Tripathi, Vishal Yadav and Utkarsh Singh, and they report no arrests so far.
- Student protests and political statements have intensified, with Congress criticism, ABVP demands for safety measures and the chief minister pledging strict action.