The incident took place around 9:30 PM on April 27. The student, a 24-year-old second-year MA candidate, was allegedly assaulted by a 22-year-old mess worker, identified as Abid.
A clash between two student groups, the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), erupted at South Asian University (SAU) in New Delhi over food preferences in the university mess.