JOIN USA 21-year-old Delhi University undergraduate hailing from Assam was Tuesday beaten up by his fellow students inside the college canteen over a petty issue, police said. The main accused has been arrested.
B.A. final year student Pran Saikia, who studies in PGDAV College in the south campus, was attacked around 12.30 p.m.
"Saikia suffered injuries after some of his college mates beat him up. The incident occurred after a plate of eatables of one of the accused fell after it hit the victim's hand," a police officer said.
The main accused, Sonu, in his 20s and a B.A. first year student in the same college, was detained along with 15 other associates. He was later arrested.
"The accused has reportedly been suspended from the college," the officer said.