A student of Jamia Millia Islamia was shot and injured by another student at Holy Family Hospital in Jamia Nagar area in south-east Delhi on Thursday evening.

Police gave this information.

Police said that they had received information about a quarrel in the library of Jamia Millia Islamia University at around 8.50 pm.

A senior police officer said that during interrogation, it was learned that there was a fight between two groups of students.

Noman Choudhary (26), a student of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, suffered a serious head injury in the incident and was taken to Holy Family Hospital for treatment, the official said.

He told that another student Noman Ali had come to the hospital to meet his friend Chaudhary, but in the meantime, Jalal, a resident of Mewat in Haryana, came to the hospital with his friends.

He belongs to another group of students.

The officer said that Jalal fired at Noman Ali outside the emergency ward, after which Ali was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.

He told that the Jamia Nagar and New Friends Colony police stations have started legal action.