Tirunelveli, April 17 -- An 18-year-old college student from Tirunelveli was allegedly assaulted by a group of unidentified persons on Wednesday evening after being lured to a location by a social media contact, police said.

According to a police, the victim identified as Chinnadurai, a first-year B.Com student, left his residence around 6.15 p.m. after informing his mother that he would meet a friend in Palayamkottai.

At approximately 7.30 p.m., he called his mother using the mobile phone of an unknown person and informed her that he had been attacked near the District Science Centre.

Police personnel rushed to the location and found Chinnadurai with a minor injury on his right hand. He was immediately taken to Tirunelveli Medical Col...