Archive · 17 Jan 2026
Assam Student Attacked in MP University
A student named Hiros Jyoti Das from Assam was hurt by five other students at a university in Madhya Pradesh.
The five students asked him where he was from and made mean comments about his origin.
This made them argue, and then the five students hit him, hurting his eyes and nose.
The university kicked out the five students who did this and also told the police.
Another student from Tripura was recently hurt in a similar way in Dehradun.
Students from the Northeast often face mean comments and are not treated nicely in other parts of India.
They feel scared and think the police do not help them enough.
Hiros Jyoti Das, a postgraduate student from Assam, was assaulted by five students at IGNTU in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh.
The assault occurred on January 13 after the accused students made racist comments and asked Das where he was from.
The university expelled the five accused students and filed an FIR against them.
Das suffered injuries to his eyes and nose during the assault.
This incident comes close on the heels of the death of a Tripura student in a racially motivated attack in Dehradun last month.
- Who
- Hiros Jyoti Das, a postgraduate student from Assam
- What
- Assaulted by five students at IGNTU
- When
- January 13
- Where
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Racist comments and altercation led to the assault
- Victim
- Hiros Jyoti Das
- University
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU)
- Location
- Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
- Date of Incident
- January 13
- Accused Students
- Anurag Pandey, Jatin Singh, Rajnish Tripathi, Vishal Yadav, Utkarsh Singh
- Action Taken
- Five students expelled, FIR filed
