Three students were hospitalised and one of them has been discharged

Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday.

India’s foreign ministry said that the Gujarat government was taking “strict action” against the perpetrators.

Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.

Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday.

Three students were hospitalised and one of them has been discharged.

India’s foreign ministry said that the Gujarat government was taking “strict action” against the perpetrators.

GS Malik, the police commissioner of Ahmedabad city, told reporters that around two dozen people entered the hostel on Saturday night and objected to the students offering prayers, asking them to do so in a mosque.

“They argued over the issue, assaulting them and hurling stones. They also vandalised their rooms,” he said, adding that a team had been formed to investigate the case.

Reporters from BBC Gujarati who visited the spot on Saturday said that they saw stones and broken vehicles at the scene. Videos circulating online showed a mob raising Hindu religious slogans as they attacked the students, vandalised vehicles and pelted stones.