Agra, March 3 -- A social media reel and comments made on it were believed to be key links in the murder of a class 11 student, who was stabbed and shot dead on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus on Saturday, sources in the police department said.

The deceased was identified as Mohd Kaif, the son of an AMU employee and a student at Syed Hamid Senior Secondary School, police said. Kaif was stabbed and shot dead during a clash between two groups of students.

"The dispute between the two groups was related to a reel posted on a social media platform a few days ago. The comments made on it aggravated the matter," said police officials.

A case has been registered at Quarsi police station of Aligarh against Shoaib, Ayan aka Prince, F...