Student shot at mysteriously during sports meet at IIIT-A

Aniket and other students were among the audience. In the meantime, there was a sound like a cracker being burst and Aniket was found bleeding with an injury in his thigh. He was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors referred him to SRN hospital.

PRAYAGRAJ: A 20-year-old IIIT student sustained a gunshot injury under mysterious circumstances during the ongoing sports event at IIITA at Jhalwa under airport police station on Saturday. A complaint is yet to be lodged in this connection but investigations are on to find out how and why the the student was shot at, as per police .

The circumstances under which the student was shot at are still not known (Pic for representation)

As per reports, an inter-IIIT Sport Meet is being organised at IIIT in Jhalwa area in which students from 22 IIITs in the country are participating. A student of IIIT Jabalpur, identified as Aniket Jat, 20, had also come to participate in the event. On Saturday, a volley ball match was going on between Vadodara and Surat teams. Aniket and other students were among the audience. In the meantime, there was a sound like a cracker being burst and Aniket was found bleeding with an injury in his thigh. He was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors referred him to SRN hospital. Airport police also reached the hospital on receiving information.

Late in the night, it was confirmed that Aniket had a suffered a gunshot in his thigh.