2 students shot at inside college campus in Gzb

Ghaziabad: Two students in their early twenties were shot at inside MM degree college in Modinagar area of Ghaziabad by another student of their college after a feud broke out between them on Tuesday morning. Cops said that they have identified the accused and both the victims are stable.

The incident occurred around 11:30 am when Sagar (21), a student of BA first year at MM college opened fire inside the college campus in which two students, identified as Sumit (20), a native of Nand Nagri area in Modinagar and Nikhil (21) of Meerut, sustained bullet injuries in abdomen and hand.

Sunil, a student at the college said that while going to his classes along with his friends he heard the sound of bullet and immediately rushed to the spot. "There were two bullet shots which we heard and upon reaching an area between the two buildings of the college, we found two students lying in a pool of blood on the floor. Other students and college staffers also started gathering and police was informed," he said.

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Station House officer at Modinagar police station said that both the victims were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared one of them as critical and referred him to a higher medical Center in Meerut.

"Sumit had sustained bullet injury in his abdomen and he was referred to Kailashi hospital for higher treatment. Nikhil received bullet injury in his hand and was admitted to a hospital in Modinagar area. Doctors have declared both the students to be stable," said Sharma.

The firing incident caused panic among the other students while district magistrate of Ghaziabad, Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police, Sudhir Kumar Singh along with other senior police officials r eached the spot to take stock of the situation.