AGRA, April 23 -- A horse show organised on Tuesday at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) spiralled into violence after two student groups clashed over seats in the viewers' gallery. The altercation later continued at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH), where shots were fired, triggering police intervention and the arrest of five individuals.

Abhay Pandey, circle officer (III) of Aligarh, said, "Five individuals, including AMU students, have been arrested in connection with the violence at the horse show and at JN Medical College."

According to Pandey, two FIRs have been registered at Civil Lines police station-one based on a complaint from the security officer at JNMCH, and another filed by a student named Mohd Adi....