3 youths shot at in fight between 2 groups on AMU campus
Aligarh (UP) (PTI): Three youths sustained bullet injuries in a fight between two rival groups allegedly belonging to two hostels of the Aligarh Muslim University, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident took place Monday night and the injured, Sadiq, Firoz Alam, and Abdullah, are undergoing treatment at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, they said.
Police claimed the three injured were AMU students. However, varsity publicity in-charge Prof Asim Siddiqui said they were outsiders.
Siddiqui said a clash had taken place Monday night between two student groups at V M Hall.
A short while later, a group of armed youths barged into Sir Syed Hall (North) where they fired at another group in which three youths were wounded, the officials said.
The university has not issued any explanation yet on how these "outsiders" entered the hostels so late at night.
Meanwhile, 15 people have been named in an FIR in connection with the firing incident.
According to Civil Lines Acting Circle Officer Sanjay Jaiswal, all 15 people have been charged under various sections of IPC including 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (rioting), and 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon).
Among those named in the FIR are Amaan Chaudhary, Akram Tippa, Kashif Haji, Mayank Thakur and Salman Kakrala.
The firing incident seems to be a fallout of an old rivalry between two student groups, police said.
An uneasy calm prevailed on the AMU campus on Tuesday morning.
Student protesters blocked the campus' two main entries, Baab-e-Syed and Centenary Gate, forcing the varsity authorities to divert traffic to Faiz Gate and Sir Syed House Gate, which normally remain closed.
AMU Proctor Mohamad Waseem told PTI that barring Amaan Chaudhary, all the remaining 14 people named in the FIR are "not students of AMU".
When asked as to how so many outsiders were present inside a university hostel late in the night, he said that this matter is being probed.
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Power struggle in ruling Cong has 'created massive confusion' in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.
He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.
Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.
This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.
The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.
"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.
According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”
