On the night of August 13, around 9.30 pm, Amit was going to the BHU hostel for dinner. He spotted a white car – bearing the BHU logo – in front of the Institute of Medical Sciences. Five men were seated inside. According to Amit, three of them appeared to be in their 30s while the other two were over 50. “Three of them stepped out of the car but didn’t say anything,” said Amit. “One of the older men sitting inside told me he wanted to talk about something so I peeked into the window and asked what the matter was. They didn’t reply but the three men standing outside grabbed my hands and feet and threw me into the car.” The assailants allegedly forced him to drink alcohol, threatened him with a knife and eventually drugged him with a “chloroform-like substance”. Amit claims that he was raped by the men, and around 11.30 pm he was dumped near the agricultural department of the university. In his injured and intoxicated state, he somehow managed to make his way to his room. The next day he contacted the police and filed a written complaint, demanding an investigation into the incident.