India, Sept. 13 -- A Bengaluru-based PhD student and a local scholar were allegedly assaulted by a "self-styled godman", who is on the run, following a heated argument at Parshuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit district, police said on Saturday.

A 25-year-old from Assam, pursuing doctoral studies at Bengaluru's National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), and a 27-year-old local Mishmi scholar were reportedly studying monkey behaviour at the temple complex on Friday afternoon, Lohit superintendent of police (SP) Thutan Jamba said.

The accused, who had been frequently visiting the shrine for the past two years, allegedly verbally abused and attacked the duo following a heated argument. "Self-styled baba Sunil Rao Brahmachari has be...