Overview
- Two groups of students from on‑campus hostels fought near the university gate in late‑night clashes that involved sticks and mutual assaults and left several students injured and taken to a nearby private hospital in stable condition.
- Police say the confrontation began after an alleged objectionable remark about a female student led to a verbal dispute that escalated into group violence.
- KPHB police registered three FIRs linked to the incident, including cases based on complaint and counter‑complaint and a case for obstruction of police during a student protest.
- Accounts differ on enforcement: one police report said eight students were detained with three reportedly absconding while another said 19 students were identified and issued notices, and investigators are now questioning those held.
- Authorities have recorded statements from the university principal and hostel warden, are probing possible alcohol consumption and supervisory lapses, and say administrative action and efforts to trace missing students are ongoing.