Varanasi: A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) student was shot at in front of his hostel inside the campus on Tuesday evening. He succumbed to his injuries later in the day, the police said.
The police have detained four BHU students in connection with the shooting for the crime branch to question them.
The victim was identified as Gaurav Singh, an MCA student. He was shot at in front of BHU’s Birla hostel.
“We have arrested four people in this matter. It was a case of personal enmity,” said Anil Kumar Singh, Circle Officer of Varanasi Cantonment.
Singh’s father Rakesh is a worker at BHU.