DAV College student fires into the air, held

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 30

Panic spread on the campus of DAV College, Sector 10, when a gunshot was fired into the air by a student this evening. The police arrested the accused, Parveer Singh, a student of MA (Sociology), and registered a case of attempt to murder and under the Arms Act at the Sector 3 police station.

Sources said Anmol, a student of the college, and a girl student of the same college were standing on the campus when the accused and his friends allegedly passed comments at the girl.

The sources said Anmol objected to it and had an alteration with the accused, who fired a gunshot. The accused was overpowered by other college students and the police were informed about the incident.

The police, however, claimed that the accused and a student, Karandeep Singh, had an altercation over a chair in the canteen following which the accused fired a gunshot. Police officials said the accused, Parveer, who was carrying a .32-bore pistol, was arrested from the college and the weapon was seized. The accused is a resident of Butrela in Sector 41.

A police official said it was an unlicensed weapon. “We are investigating the involvement of other students,” said the police official. Security was beefed up after the incident and a police Gypsy was stationed outside the college.