Agra: Days after a teacher, Rao Danish Ali, was shot dead on Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus while on an evening walk, UP Police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old man from Aligarh for his alleged involvement in the case. Based on his questioning, police said the Dec 24 murder was carried out in “revenge” as the arrested accused, Salman Quereshi, suspected the teacher of being an informer in a 2018 incident, reports Sudeep Lavania.

About seven years ago, a man named Azmat was murdered in which associates of Salman and two shooters – Fahad and Yasir – were jailed. After that, Salman, Fahad and Yasir and their other brother Zubair (prime accused in Dec 24 case), hatched a plan to eliminate 45-year-old Ali. Salman lives in the same locality as the murdered teacher and “knew him”, police added.

SSP (Aligarh) Neeraj Jadaun said, “On Dec 23, Salman called his associates. Fahad and Yasir (both brothers and originally from Nausa in Aligarh), presently residing in Delhi, arrived in Aligarh with a pistol and spent the night at Salman’s place. The next day, they parked a scooter at a pre-designated area, and Salman dropped Fahad and Yasir near Medical Road in his car to carry out the murder.”

Thereafter, the two shooters killed Ali near the canteen inside AMU and fled on the scooter, the SSP said.

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