Overview

• An FIR was lodged at the Pani Khaity outpost after a September 13 house party in Panikhaiti, with the complaint alleging assault by five classmates from a Guwahati private university.
• East Guwahati DCP Amitav Basumatary said two accused, identified as minors, have been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and three others are being questioned.
• Police said all five accused are 17-year-olds from Manipur who live in a rented house, and the probe is registered under BNS sections 70(1) and 3(5) with juvenile law provisions.
• Assam Down Town University suspended the five named students—Rubyson Mayengbam, Alex Wahengbam, Tolendrajit Asem, Haolem Khuman, and Oscar Nongthombam—pending a police charge sheet and possible disciplinary action.
• Investigators recorded the complainant’s statement and conducted a medical examination, a campus confrontation video has circulated online, and Tipra Motha’s Pradyot Manikya Debbarma urged restraint and protection of the victim’s identity.