JNU students thrash PhD scholar

In an apparent case of road rage, a 35-year-old professor of a Uttarakhand-based university, who was pursuing Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was thrashed by five students inside the campus.

High drama ensued outside the Narmada hostel a few days ago when the culprits - four Ph.D students and an M.Phil student -started thrashing the victim with sticks. However,onlookers did not rescue him for 20 minutes.

According to the police, the accused have been identified as Ph.D students Ashwini, Aniket, Vishal, Sudarshan and M. Phil student Rohit. "The incident occurred when the victim Shiv Narayan Singh was returning in his car to Mahanadi hostel. Ashwini, who was also on the same road, got angry and abused the victim, who had stopped his car to attend a phone call," a police officer said. Before reaching home, Singh saw Ashwini and questioned him as to why he had abused him. This led to an argument and Ashwini called some of his friends, who were inebriated, from inside the hostel. "The victim had called the chief security officer before talking to the accused but no one came forward to help him," the police officer added.

"I somehow managed to escape and 20 minutes later, the security reached the spot. A PCR van was also there. I was taken to AIIMS and discharged after a day," Singh told Mail Today.

The victim suffered three stitches on his head apart from other injuries and a blackened face.