New Delhi: India has taken up the issue of a medical student who died after being attacked by "local goons" with Russian authorities.

"We have taken this up with Russian authorities and we will take this to the logical conclusion," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted late Wednesday night. Yasir, a medical student from Srinagar, died on Wednesday after being comatose following the attack in Kazan city, capital of the Russian province of Tatarstan.