A gunshot rang out at Constitution Club in the area near Parliament when an unidentified man targeted JNU student leader Umar Khalid, who escaped unhurt, eyewitnesses said. The attacker dropped the weapon and fled, police said. Police sources said they had seized the weapon.

As confusion persisted over what had actually happened, Ajay Chaudhury, joint commissioner of police, New Delhi range, said police was investigating whether shots were fired or not.