SHANTINIKETAN(WB): A girl student of
Visva Bharati university was shot dead by an unidentified youth who also tried
kill himself at the girls' hostel on Sunday.
Police said the youth
entered Sri Sadan Hostel and went to the room of the third-year girl student,
Saswati Pal, and fired at her from point blank range. He then turned the gun on
himself.
Students rushed the victim and the youth to Bolpur
Sub-divisional Hospital. The girl was declared dead by doctors while her killer
was admitted with serious injury, police said.
Pal, a student of
Rabindrasangeet, was from Ghatal in West Midanpore district.
This is
the third incident of campus slaying within a month. Earlier this month, a
student of a government school of Satna in Madhya Pradesh was shot dead by a
senior schoolmate.
In December 2007, a 14-year-old student was
killed by two of his classmates in Gurgaon.