The police arrested a 24-year-old man for attempting to murder a student of Amity University at Noida’s Sector 125 on Friday morning, after a video showing the accused brandishing a revolver at the victim emerged.
Surya Jatav, from Dasna, Ghaziabad, was arrested from his residence by a team from the Sector 39 police station for allegedly brandishing a revolver at a student outside the Amity University campus.
According to the police, the incident occurred around 6pm on Thursday when Vivek Yadav (20), a second year student of the Bachelors in Business Administration course was assaulted by Jatav, who then brandished a revolver at him as he drove his car. The video shows Jatav climbing onto the side of the Yadav’s car window and brandishing a revolver at the occupants inside the vehicle.
“Yadav has claimed that he was driving his car when Surya climbed on the side of the window and started abusing him. He then brandished a revolver at him and was about to fire it, when Yadav sped away. He is unhurt,” Amit Kumar Singh, Station house officer, sector 39 police station, said.