Chennai: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday met the IIT scholar who was attacked for allegedly participating in a beef fest held in the campus, protesting against the Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter.
Yechury, General Secretary of CPI(M), met research scholar R Sooraj at a private hospital where he is undergoing treatment, the party said in a release.
Sooraj was allegedly attacked by some students of the institute early this week for participating in the beef fest held by a group of students of the institute on May 28.
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