GORAKHPUR, Sept. 18 -- A 19-year-old first-year BSc student was allegedly stabbed to death while he was sleeping in the verandah of his house in Jayantipur village under the Bansgaon police station area of Gorakhpur district on Thursday morning. His family members were in Lucknow for the treatment of his father when the incident took place.

SP South Dinesh Kumar Puri said the deceased has been identified as Shubham Mishra. He was allegedly attacked with a knife while he was asleep at home. Eight police teams have been formed to trace and arrest the assailants.

Villagers spotted Shubham in an injured condition early in the morning and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Police said multiple injury marks were...