Date 23 April 2016 Coordinates region:IN-UP | Location Aligarh, India Type Assault, arson | |
Venue Aligarh Muslim University Participants Rival student groups of Azamgarh and Sambhal regions | ||
On 23 April 2016, clashes between two regional student groups resulted in on-campus violence at Aligarh Muslim University. After a former student's death in the conflict, the government was prompted to elevate the security and deploy Rapid Action Force.
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Incident
"Trouble started when a resident of Mumtaz hostel was assaulted and his room set afire", said DIG Aligarh Range, Govind Agarwal, who led the police operations. The victim of the assault rushed to the proctor's office to file his complaint. As soon as news of the incident spread, students belonging to the two rival factions gathered and a clash broke out. Police said that the victim, Mehtaab was shot dead later that night near the Proctor's office where the warring groups exchanged fire. The students set afire a jeep and over half-a-dozen bikes. The mob also indulged in arson and set the proctor's office building on fire. The violence was so widespread that it took the police nearly two hours to control the situation. An official of AMU said that trouble between rival groups belonging to Azamgarh and Sambhal regions has been simmering since quite some time. Rapid Action Force was later deployed at all sensitive spots to ensure safety during the entrance test for the engineering college which was scheduled to happen the next day with more than 13,000 expected candidates.
Developments
On 24 April, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Daljeet Singh Chaudhary said they (the police) have identified the perpetrators responsible for the violence at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus.
"A violent incident took place here last night in which one person succumbed to bullet injury and the other is critically injured. The police reached the spot immediately after getting the news. We are acting in accordance with the university officials. Those behind this crime have been identified, an FIR has also been lodged and we would soon be able to nab the masterminds," Chaudhary told ANI.