Nasheel KT, Abhishek R, Adnan, Adil are the final year students of MSW. The group of students was returning to their hostel when they stopped near a water tank to click pictures that close to the main gate, which is reportedly a restricted area.
However, several media reports also say that the victims did not know that the area was off limits as there were no sign boards.
The guards nearby approached them and asked for their IDs. After having a look at their cards, the guards enagagged in an argument and started hurling racial comments. The argument turned into an assault within no time, claimed one of the victims.
CPI-M leader writes to Union Minister
Meanwhile, CPI-M leader John Brittas has sought wrote a letter to Union Edcucation Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging the latter to intervene in the matter that is based on a "trivial issue".
The CPI-M claimed that this is one of the "glaring episodes" of racial attacks against Keralites.
"It is also learnt that this latest vicious onslaught against the Keralite students has been an another glaring episode of the organized series of hostile actions against the Keralite students who are being targeted for their regional, linguistic and ethnic backgrounds," he said in the letter.