Gujarat University: Foreign students attacked in India over Ramadan prayers - BBC News

Five men have been arrested in Gujarat after the students were assaulted while offering prayers.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsRamadanImage source, Gujarat PoliceImage caption, Police say a group of men barged into the hostel on Saturday nightBy Roxy Gagdekar in Ahmedabad and Meryl Sebastian in KochiBBC NewsPolice in India have arrested five people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.

Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday.

Police sources said five students were treated for injuries.

India's foreign ministry said that the Gujarat government was taking "strict action" against the perpetrators.

GS Malik, the police commissioner of Ahmedabad city, told reporters that around two dozen people entered the hostel on Saturday night and objected to the students offering prayers, asking them to do so in a mosque.

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