Shooting outside Aligarh college leaves 1 dead, 1 injured after Holi Milan function; police suspect ragging feud

AGRA: A 28-year-old man was killed and a college student injured after two men allegedly opened fire near a bridge outside Shri Varshney Mahavidyalaya in Aligarh around 12.45pm on Saturday, shortly after a Holi Milan function, with police suspecting a dispute linked to ragging and past enmity as the motive.Anshu Tomar, a factory labourer from Aligarh, died at the spot after sustaining a gunshot wound while Prithviraj Chauhan, 25, a third-year BA student, suffered a bullet injury to his leg and was admitted to hospital, where doctors said he was out of danger. A case has been registered under BNS sections 103 (murder) and section 109 (attempt to murder) .DSP Kamlesh Kumar said, "We received information that Dheeraj Thakur and another individual identified as Golu Thakur arrived on a motorcycle and allegedly fired at the two. Anshu was shot in the back, while Prithviraj sustained a gunshot wound to the leg."Prithviraj alleged that Thakur, a student of DS College, had been harassing fellow students through ragging for some time. He claimed he had confronted the accused earlier, which led to a dispute between them. He also said he had earlier implicated him in a false case, resulting in his imprisonment. Police said preliminary investigation also pointed to an earlier rivalry between the parties. "The accused and the victims knew each other and had an existing dispute," Kumar said.