Bengaluru, Aug. 3 -- An alleged assault on a 19-year-old student in Bengaluru's Jalahalli has snowballed into a controversy, with the All India Students' Association (AISA) accusing activists linked to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) of carrying out the attack. ABVP has rejected the allegation, maintaining that neither the FIR nor the police investigation links the organisation to the incident.

Police said a case has been registered against four unidentified persons, and efforts are on to identify the accused. Investigators have not established any organisational involvement and have not disclosed a motive behind the attack.

The complainant, Aman Deep Singh, stated that he was returning home around 10.30 pm on July 28 when...