Ludhiana, April 18 -- Four persons have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and robbing a college student near Birmi village along the Sidhwan Canal on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

According to police, the victim, Vikas Kapoor, a resident of Kitchlu Nagar, had stopped near the Birmi bridge to wait for a friend before heading out for coffee. According to his complaint, a group of men arrived on two motorcycles and approached his vehicle.

Kapoor alleged that the accused asked him to step out of the car and, upon his refusal, began vandalising the vehicle with blunt weapons. "I stepped out to stop them, but they caught hold of me and started beating me," he told the police.

The assailants allegedly thrashed him and snatched h...