Delhi: An unidentified man opened fire at JNU student leader Umar Khalid
Delhi: An unidentified man opened fire at JNU student leader Umar Khalid
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Delhi: An unidentified man opened fire at Jawaha Lal University (JNU) student Umar Khalid outside Constitution Club of India on Monday. Although He is unhurt, as the leading news agency ANI tweeted on micro blogging website.

Khalid was present at the venue to attend an event 'Khauff Se Azaadi', held by an organization named 'United Against Hate'.

An Eyewitness, told ANI, There was an event, Umar Khalid accompanied us. We were at a tea stall when a man in white shirt came,pushed and opened fire at him. Khalid lost his balance,fell down and bullet missed him. We tried to catch the man. He fired aerial shots,pistol slipped off his hands,he fled.

“There is an atmosphere of fear in the country, and anybody who speaks against the government is threatened,” Khalid later stated.

Here is the visual when the accused fled after the pistol slipped off his hands From Indian Express

Worth mention here Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid has been continuousaly receiving death threats and in June he lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police alleging he has received death threats from a man who known himself as escapee gangster Ravi Pujari.

In June 2018  Khalid taking to Twitter wrote on micro blogging website, “Filed a complaint with @DelhiPolice regarding Ravi Pujari’s death threat to Jignesh and me. He said that I am on his HIT LIST! I have asked for police protection, given the fact that this is the same person who had previously also issued similar threats of killing me in Feb 2016 (sic).

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