A former vice president of the Aligarh Muslim University students’ union was seriously injured after being shot at and stabbed by two assailants on Monday night, PTI quoted local police as saying on Tuesday.
The victim, Nadeem Ansari, has named two former students of the university in a statement to the police. Doctors at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College said his condition is stable.
Ansari was attacked in Dodhpur near the university campus, while he was on his way home on a two-wheeler, the police said.
Several students gathered at the hospital to demand that the attackers immediately be arrested. Ansari was vice president of the students’ union in 2016-’17, Hindi newspaper the Dainik Jagran reported.
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