LUCKNOW, Sept. 7 -- A second-year BA LLB student at a private university in state capital's Chinhat was allegedly assaulted, verbally abused, and threatened by a group of fellow students in the campus parking area on August 26. A video of the incident has since gone viral.

"The incident occurred a week ago. However, the victim's father, Mukesh Kumar Kesarwani, a resident of Sootarkhana, Makboolganj under Kaiserbagh police station, filed an FIR at Chinhat police station late Friday," said ADCP East Pankaj Singh.

According to the complaint, Kesarwani's son, Shikhar, was heading to classes on August 26 when his friend Soumya Singh Yadav picked him up at Hanemann Crossing in a four-wheeler. After parking at the university, a group consistin...