Overview
- Police said undergraduate Surya Pratap Singh was shot on campus and declared brought dead at the BHU trauma centre.
- The attack occurred around 11 am in a Faculty of Arts/Social Sciences corridor, with eyewitnesses reporting multiple shots and the pistol discarded nearby and later recovered.
- Manjeet (Manjit) Chauhan, a student at the college, was arrested and sent to judicial custody, and police are questioning him about the motive.
- Authorities registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, formed six teams, seized CCTV and DVRs, and gathered forensic evidence as heavy deployment restored order after protests and vandalism.
- Police say the shooting appears tied to a personal rivalry and have named an associate (identified in reports as Anuj) in the case, while students staged a fresh dharna seeking compensation and administrative action.