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U.P.: AMU student booked, suspended for attacking another student
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday suspended an undergraduate student after a case was lodged against him for allegedly attacking another student with a knife and injuring him during a brawl over occupying a particular seat at Maulana Azad Library of the university on Sunday evening, AMU authorities said
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday suspended an undergraduate student after a case was lodged against him for allegedly attacking another student with a knife and injuring him during a brawl over occupying a particular seat at Maulana Azad Library of the university on Sunday evening, AMU authorities said.
“The injured student Suhail Haneef, who has passed his class 12 exam this year from AMU school and is preparing for NEET, was rushed to JN Medical College (of the university) by other students. He is stable and out of danger,” said prof Mohd Wasim Ali, proctor, AMU, on Monday.
Mohd. Haneef, employed at JN Medical College (JNMC), in his complained claimed that his son Suhail Haneef was studying at Maulana Azad Library on Sunday evening. “Meanwhile Mohd Anwar Khan, a student of BSc (industrial engineering) at AMU, entered into a brawl with my son over a seat in the reading hall of library. Anwar intimidated my son to come out of library. When Haneef came out, the accused along with some outsiders assaulted my son with a knife allegedly with the intention of causing his death,” alleged Mohd Haneef Khan who works as electrician- cum-tube well operator at JNMC.
“We have received a complaint from father of injured student and prima facie it appears to be a grave criminal act which is indiscipline and misconduct according to AMU Students Conduct and Discipline Rules, 1985, as such the accused student Mohd Anwar Khan has been placed under suspension with immediate effect,” the AMU proctor said.
“This suspension shall be applicable during pendency of enquiry ordered and the university campus and its maintained institutions are placed out of bounds for the suspended student,” said the proctor while informing that an FIR had been lodged at Civil Lines police station, Dodhpur, Aligarh against Mohd Anwar Khan by the father of the injured student.
Parvesh Rana, incharge, Civil Lines police station, Aligarh city, confirmed that case had been registered against main accused Anwar and his four or five unidentified aides under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 147, 148 and 149 (rioting armed with weapon) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). “A search has been launched for those involved in the incident and main accused Anwar is on the run,” the cop said.
