Lucknow/IBNS, Sept. 6 -- A first information report (FIR) has been filed against six students of Amity University in Lucknow for allegedly assaulting and threatening a second-year law student. The video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.

Shikhar's father told NDTV that the assault has left his son, a BA LLB student at the Malhaur campus, traumatised and unwilling to attend classes.

Mukesh said Shikhar was on his way to college when he was picked up by a friend, Soumya Singh Yadav, in her car at Hanhemann Chauraha.

As they reached the campus parking lot, the accused confronted him and said they wanted to "talk".

They got into Soumya's vehicle, where the victim was allegedly "threatened and verbally abused for nearly ...