The college, where the attack took place, is reviewing the incident.
Pro-Kannada outfits protested in Karnataka’s Belagavi on Thursday, demanding action against persons who allegedly beat up a student after he waved the state flag during an inter-college festival, The Indian Express reported.
A video of the incident, which took place on Wednesday at Gogte PU College of Commerce, was widely shared on social media.
The student was assaulted at a time when tensions are high in Belagavi because of the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra.
The border dispute dates back to the period between the 1950s and 1960s when the states were formed. Maharashtra claims that 865 villages on the border should have been merged with it, while Karnataka claims 260 villages because it has the majority Kannada-speaking population.
