VARANASI, March 21 -- A 23-year-old BA fourth-semester student was shot dead allegedly by another student in Varanasi's Udai Pratap Autonomous College on Bhojubir road in Narayanpur area on Friday after an altercation, police said. The incident, which took place around 11am, triggered anger among other students who overturned barricades, broke a few chairs and ransacked outside the college also. Police personnel reached the scene and brought the situation under control after assuring the students that the accused will be arrested soon. Varanasi commissioner of police Mohit Agarwal, who visited the scene of crime, said, "Six teams have been deployed for the arrest of the accused." All possible angles are being investigated, he added. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He said teams are working to ensure the arrest of the accused. Quoting eyewitnesses, a police officer said Surya Pratap Singh, 23, a BA fourth-semester student, was in the Faculty of Arts when Manjit Chauhan, an arts student of the same college and resident of Chandmari (a short distance from the college), arrived and had an altercation with Surya Pratap. As the altercation took an ugly turn, Manjeet allegedly whipped out a pistol and fired several times at Surya Pratap who suffered wounds and fell to the ground. After the crime, the accused fled the scene, the officer added. Other students rushed Surya Pratap to a private hospital from where he was taken to the Banaras Hindu University trauma centre where he was declared "brought dead", said the police officer. Preliminary investigations indicated that the student sustained eight bullet wounds - four in the chest, and four in the head and abdomen, said a senior police officer who visited the spot after the murder. Following a protest against the murder, a police team led by Shivhari Meena, additional commissioner of police, law and order, reached the spot and tried to pacify the students. Commissioner of police Mohit Agarwal, along with a heavy police force, also reached the college and sought information about the incident from the principal. Police said prima facie an altercation between the victim and the assailant led to the murder, adding that investigation is underway. People familiar with the matter said Manjeet and the victim also had an altercation three months ago. An officer said heavy police force was deployed at the college following the murder as the atmosphere was tense. Though the exact cause is yet to be determined, the manner in which the student was shot dead showed that the assailant came fully prepared to commit the murder and had a very serious issue with the victim. Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai said, "The incident at the prestigious Udai Pratap College in Varanasi is a testament to the state's deteriorating law and order situation. Even educational institutions are no longer safe." He stated that the "shooting taking place right in front of the principal is irrefutable proof that law and order in the state has completely collapsed."...