VARANASI, March 21 -- A 23-year-old Bachelor of Arts (BA) fourth-semester student was shot dead allegedly by another student at Varanasi's Udai Pratap Autonomous College on Bhojubir road in Narayanpur area after an altercation on Friday, police said. The accused was arrested later.

The murder, committed under the Shivpur police station limits around 11 am, triggered anger among other students who overturned barricades and broke a few chairs. They also staged a protest outside the college, which led to a few shopkeepers pulling down their shutters.

Police personnel reached the scene and brought the situation under control.

"A complaint was received that Manjit Chauhan, a student, killed another student at UP College on Friday. The accus...