An unidentified man allegedly opened fire and hurled apetrol bomb at the empty protest site outside the Jamia Millia Islamia onSunday, according to officials and students of the university.
The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), comprising currentand former students of the university, had temporarily suspended its sit-inprotest against the new citizenship law on Saturday in view of the coronavirusoutbreak.
In a statement, the JCC said a miscreant opened fire andhurled a petrol bomb at the protest site at Jamia Square, Gate No. 7 of theuniversity.
The statement added that CCTV footage showed the miscreantin the get-up of a delivery boy with a helmet and three bags on his bike, dueto which its number plate was not visible.
“Police have taken away the bullet, while pieces of aglass bottle are still there,” it said.
According to a university official, the incident occurredaround 9.30 am.
“The man came from the Okhla side, probably aftercommitting a similar act at Shaheen Bagh. He hurled a bottle at the tent nearGate No. 7,” he said. The tent was empty since the students had suspendedthe protest.
As the tent did not catch fire, the man allegedly tried toset it ablaze using a lighter and fired a few rounds, the official said,adding, “We informed the police about the incident and handed over theCCTV footage to them.”
He said after the incident, the miscreant fled towardsJulena.
A similar incident occurred a few metres away at the ShaheenBagh protest site, where an unidentified person hurled a petrol bomb. No onesustained injuries in the incident.