Overview
- Rao Danish Ali, 45, a teacher at AMU’s ABK High School, was shot near the Maulana Azad Library around 9 pm and was declared dead at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.
- Two masked men on a two-wheeler confronted him during an evening walk with colleagues and opened fire before escaping.
- An FIR was filed at the Civil Lines police station by the victim’s brother under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 103(1) and 109(1).
- Police have formed several teams and are reviewing CCTV from the campus and nearby areas; the motive remains unclear, with a witness reporting a gunman said, “You don’t know me yet, now you will.”
- AMU initiated a campus security review in coordination with police and scheduled a high‑level meeting, as media shared CCTV footage purportedly showing the assailants continuing to shoot after the victim fell.