Varanasi, 20

March (HS): A student was shot and killed on Friday on the campus of Uday

Pratap Mahavidyalaya (UP College) in Bhojubir, Varanasi district, Uttar

Pradesh. Upon receiving information, Shivpur police station, along with Police

Commissioner Mohit Agarwal, Additional Police Commissioner Shivhari Meena, and

other officers arrived at the scene with reinforcements. The accused shooter is

a student of the same college. Police are investigating the matter.

Additional

Police Commissioner Shivhari Meena said that Surya Pratap Singh (23), a

resident of Ghazipur district, was studying in the fourth semester of his B.Sc.

degree in the college hostel. He was also preparing for the student union

president election. Investigations revealed that Surya Pratap was standing in

the veranda of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences on the college campus

around 11 a.m. on Friday. The assailant arrived and fired a barrage of bullets

at him. Hearing the gunfire, students gathered, and the accused threw the

pistol into a nearby garbage heap and fled. Seriously injured, Surya Pratap was

rushed to the BHU Trauma Center for treatment, where he succumbed to his

injuries.

Meanwhile,

students, angered by the incident, closed the college's main gate and began

protesting. They alleged that shots were fired in front of the principal. The

angry students also vandalized the campus. Police officers who arrived at the

scene calmed the angry students by assuring them of strict action against the

accused. Police gathered information from the students about the entire

incident. Eyewitnesses say the student was shot in approximately eight places.

Additional

Police Commissioner Shivhari Meena said that a student was murdered on the

college campus. The killer is said to be a student of the same college. He has

been absconding since the incident, and police teams have been deployed to

search for him. Police have been deployed at the college for security purposes.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi