Man arrested after Gauhati University student found critically injured at homestay

Nimisha Thakuria, a student at Gauhati University in Guwahati, was discovered critically injured by police at a local homestay. Her family had grown alarmed after she called her mother reporting an assault and subsequently became unreachable. Ashiq Ali, the man arrested in connection with the case, claimed the student had hanged herself, though authorities are scrutinizing his account. The homestay has been sealed by police over failures in guest identity verification, and evidence collection is ongoing.