Amarkanta, Jan. 15 -- An Assamese student was allegedly brutally assaulted by a group of four to five students of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Madhya Pradesh's Amarkantak near his dorm room late at night on January 13.

Speaking to reporters while receiving treatment, the victim, Hirosh Jyoti Das, said that the attackers, later identified as Anurag Pandey, Jatin Singh, Ranjeet Tripathi, Vishal Yadav and Utkarsh Singh, were unknown to him and assaulted him after he confirmed his identity.

Pursuing an MA in Economics at IGNTU, Das recounted the incident while still bloodied from the attack. He said that the attackers intercepted him as he was returning from the washroom. They blocked him from entering his room in the...