Students from other parts of India were allegedly attacked by local miscreants at the North East Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong, a social media post claimed. A recently created account claimed on social media local goons attacked the students of the University.
We mainland students need help: BTech Students from mainland India especially Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, AP & WB faced racist, colourist slurs and were brutally beaten by local goons at a central University in Meghalaya (NEHU). They attacked us because we are “mainlanders” pic.twitter.com/M30nU25m7q
— Sagar (@sagarrr_sh) September 20, 2025
A post on Reddit also went viral. The Reddit user posted it on behalf of a student. According to the post, there was an argument between some students from the ‘mainland’ and locals. Following the arguments, a group of locals came and locked the students inside a room and thrashed them.
As per the post, Security, the Warden, the Vice Chancellor and the HoD visited the scene. The attackers left after that but allegedly, came back again later to attack the students.
The post on Reddit also claimed that the Warden himself was beaten. According to the post, the students locked themselves up in a room as self defence.
Forpol talks with a NEHU student
Forpol got in touch with Sagar, the person who made the post on X mentioned above. According to Sagar, the argument began after a student from Kerala accidentally damaged a streetlight while playing football. The matter escalated from there.
According to him, students from Kerala, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana were beaten inside their hostel rooms. The incident occurred at Hostel 19 in the Main Campus of NEHU Shillong. They were mostly 1st Year students.
Sagar shared videos and photographs with Forpol. Two groups of students can be seen embroiled in vicious arguments. There are injured individuals in some photos with their identity hidden. In one video, there are drops of blood on the floor. In one video, students are heard discussing that the Warden also attacked.
Sagar said that the students are looking to escape the Campus and travel to Guwahati in Assam. Guwahati is about a 100 kms away from Shillong. A lot of them have already left the campus.
Forpol reached out to NEHU authorities, but they did not respond at the time this report was published.
