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Gunshots were allegedly fired extracurricular a hostel astatine the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi constabulary officials said connected Sunday (February 22, 2026). No 1 was injured successful the incident.
Roshan Mishra, a third-year Bachelor of Arts (BA) student, claimed that 3 persons arrived connected a motorcycle and abruptly opened occurrence successful the aerial erstwhile helium was lasting extracurricular the hostel connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) night.
Following the incident, students recovered bare ammunition casings from the spot and handed them implicit to the police.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Vaibhav Banker said that ACP, Bhelupur received accusation regarding the firing astatine BHU astir 9:30 p.m.
“We person registered a lawsuit against 3 individuals allegedly progressive successful the incidental and efforts are underway to drawback them,” said Varanasi constabulary successful a statement. Police teams from respective stations, on with the outpost in-charge of BHU, rushed to the spot immediately.
After the incident, dozens of students created an uproar questioning the information concern wrong the field of BHU, alleging specified repeated incidents.
(With inputs from PTI)
