A Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student allegedly attacked a fellow student with a meat cleaver over his friendship with a woman student, leaving him with severe injuries, including loss of vision in one eye, police said.
He was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where doctors informed the police that he had lost vision in his right eye. The incident left bloodstains on the premises, with eyewitnesses reporting traces of blood from the first floor to the ground floor, triggering shock among students and faculty members. The woman student, who was friends with Saurabh, approached the police with a complaint following the incident.
The incident took place around 3 pm on November 5 in room 119 of the Barak Hostel on campus.
Ajay, who is pursuing his MA at the university, also sustained injuries in the incident, according to the police. Three other students were injured during the altercation, taking the number of injured students to four, they said. The victim, identified as Saurabh, a second-year language student, was attacked on Thursday by the accused, Ajay, who allegedly objected to his friendship with a woman student, they said on Saturday.
