Delhi: Man opens fire at protesters in Jamia, student injured
NEW DELHI: A student from Jamia Millia Islamia was injured when a man opened fire at a group of protesters on Thursday afternoon and shouted "Yeh lo azaadi", triggering panic in the city's Jamia area, eyewitnesses said.
The man, who is yet to be identified, was detained after he fired at students demonstrating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, police said.
"We were moving towards the Holy Family Hospital where the police had raised barricades. Suddenly, a gun-wielding man came out and opened fire. One bullet hit my friend's hand," Aamna Asif, a student of economics at the university, said.
#UPDATE Delhi Police: Man, who brandished the gun and opened fire in Jamia area, has been taken into custody. He is being questioned. The injured, said to be a student, has been admitted to a hospital. Investigation is continuing. https://t.co/6Mh2021fyw
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2020
Man who brandished a gun and opened fire in Jamia area has been taken into custody by Delhi Police and is being questioned. https://t.co/hre5enWqbJ pic.twitter.com/v8rT5Ih7qF
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2020
Delhi: The student injured after a man brandished a gun and opened fire in Jamia area today. He has been admitted to a hospital. The man who had opened fire has been taken into police custody and is being questioned. pic.twitter.com/w3jrfvcDFr
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2020
She said her friend, Shadab Farooq, a mass communication student, was injured in his left hand and taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
Al-Ameen, another student, said the man was brandishing his pistol and shouted "Yeh lo azaadi (Here, take your freedom)".
There was heavy police and media presence when the incident took place.
The students were heading from Jamia to Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat. The march was stopped at the Holy Family Hospital near the university.
Students squatted in the area, asking the police to go back. As they raised slogans of "Go back, go back", police officials asked them to maintain peace and conduct their protest peacefully.