Amritsar, Feb. 10 -- A first-year law student allegedly shot dead a woman classmate inside the classroom of their private college in Punjab's Tarn Taran district before pulling the trigger on himself, police said on Monday, adding that accused is in critical condition.

The incident took place in a classroom at the Mai Bhago Law College in Usma village of the district before lectures for the day were set to begin on Monday morning. According to police, the accused, identified as Prince Raj (20) from Mallian village, entered the classroom and shot at the victim, Sandeep Kaur (20) from Naushehra Pannuan village, with a pistol from point blank range. Raj then turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger as fellow students watched in shoc...