Bengaluru (PTI): A 21-year-old college student died after he was allegedly attacked by three men at a farm house on the outskirts of the city, police said on Monday.

Three persons have been arrested in connection with the case.

The incident occurred on October 26, when Punith, a B.com student, along with seven of his friends, including two girls, had gone to a farm house in Chikkenahalli near here.

According to police, the accused from nearby Honnapura area, allegedly reached the farm house at night and started abusing Punith and his friends. They also began filming his female friends who were in the swimming pool.

When Punith tried to stop them, they attacked him with a wooden log, injuring him on his head, following which he was rushed to hospital, where he succumbed to injuries four days later.

Punith’s friend too had suffered some minor injuries during the incident.

"We have registered a case of murder and arrested the three accused involved in the incident," they said.

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Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.

Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.

Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.

In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.

But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.

For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.

Brief scores:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).

Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).