Archive · 16 Jan 2026
Assam Student Assaulted in MP University
A 22-year-old student named Hiros Jyoti Das from Assam was hurt by five other students at his university hostel in Madhya Pradesh.
This happened on Tuesday afternoon.
The five students were kicked out of the university and the police have filed a report against them.
The police say the five students asked Hiros where he was from and what he was doing at the university, then they hurt him.
One of them even said he would die there.
The university took quick action and expelled the students involved.
This is similar to another recent incident where a student from the Northeast was hurt in Uttarakhand, which made many people upset and called for better laws to stop such hate crimes.
The Congress and the ABVP have criticized the university administration, with the Congress alleging that the university has been turned into a hub of the BJP and the RSS, and the ABVP alleging that the university has become a haven for anti-social elements.
A 22-year-old postgraduate student from Assam, Hiros Jyoti Das, was assaulted by five peers at IGNTU hostel in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh.
The incident occurred around 4 pm on Tuesday, January 13, when the accused asked the victim about his origin and presence at the university.
An FIR was registered against the five accused students under sections 115(2), 296, 351(3), and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The university expelled the five accused students a day before the FIR was registered, and a total of six students were expelled based on CCTV footage.
The incident comes close on the heels of another similar incident involving a student from the Northeast in Uttarakhand last month.
- Who
- Hiros Jyoti Das, a 22-year-old postgraduate student from Assam
- What
- Assaulted by five peers at IGNTU hostel
- When
- Around 4 pm on Tuesday, January 13
- Where
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- The accused asked him about his origin and presence at the university, then assaulted him
Madhya Pradesh Congress
Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
University Administration
Madhya Pradesh Congress
Alleged that the university administration takes only token action and that the university has been turned into a hub of the BJP and the RSS.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
Alleged that the university has become a haven for anti-social elements, drunkards, and junkies, and that the growing presence of these elements is creating an atmosphere of fear.
- Victim
- Hiros Jyoti Das
- Victim's Age
- 22
- Victim's Course
- Postgraduate in Economics
- Location
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
- Accused
- Anurag Pande, Jatin Singh, Rajnish Tripathi, Vishal Yadav, and Utkarsh Singh
- Charges Filed
- Sections 115(2), 296, 351(3), and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
- Incident Time
- Around 4 pm on Tuesday, January 13
- University Action
- Six students expelled, five booked
- Injuries Sustained
- Eyes, lips, nose, and temples
Sources
Assamese student assaulted in MP hostel, 5 booked
Assamese student assaulted in MP tribal varsity hostel, 5 students booked; racial angle being probed
‘One of them said you will die here’: Student from Assam assaulted in hostel at Madhya Pradesh university
5 Expelled After Assamese Student Assaulted In Madhya Pradesh Hostel
Assam student assaulted at MP tribal varsity hostel; 5 booked
Bhopal News: Youth Harasses Girl In Public, Assaulted By Co-Students
MP: 5 expelled from central varsity over assault on Assamese student; racial angle being probed
