'Who paid Jamia shooter?' asks Rahul Gandhi

A day after a man opened fire at a group of anti-CAA protesters in the Jamia area, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned who "paid" the shooter? Tensions escalated in the area after a man fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters on Thursday.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned who "paid" the Jamia shooter, a day after a man opened fire at a group of anti-CAA protesters in the area.

Asked by reporters to comment on the incident as he was entering Parliament, Gandhi said, "Who paid the Jamia shooter?"

On Thursday, Gandhi had tweeted a quote from Mahatma Gandhi, "I cannot teach you violence, as I do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before anyone, even at the cost of your life."

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  “I cannot teach you violence, as I do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before anyone, even at the cost of your life.”
  
  -Mahatma Gandhi pic.twitter.com/wHIdlgtAji

  — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 30, 2020

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  “I cannot teach you violence, as I do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before anyone, even at the cost of your life.”
  
  -Mahatma Gandhi pic.twitter.com/wHIdlgtAji

  — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 30, 2020

Tensions in the Jamia area spiralled on Thursday after a man fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters, injuring a student, before walking away while waving the firearm above his head and shouting "Yeh lo aazadi" amid heavy police presence.

(PTI report)