Allahabad: Youth shot dead at PCB hostel of AU

ALLAHABAD: A youth was once shot dead on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday at Sir PCB hostel of Allahabad University. The incident happened at round 2:30am.

According to police, Rohit Shukla had long past to fulfill somebody at the hostel and indulged in altercation with some other youth named Adarsh Tripathi. Following some verbal heated change, Adarsh shot him from an illegal weapon injuring Rohit. He was once rushed to the hospital the place the docs declared him introduced dead.


SSP Allahabad Atul Sharma said, “An FIR has been registered in the case and we've constituted a number of groups and are looking for the accused Tripathi, who continues to be absconding."

Police have registered the FIR in opposition to six persons, three of whom are the inmates of PCB hostel.

“Off the six persons, three are inmates of the hostel and we've expelled all the three from the hostel with quick affect,” said dean, student welfare, AU Prof Harsh Kumar. The three come with Adarsh Tripathi, Abhishek Yadav and Saurabh Vishkarma, who're scholars of MA final 12 months in AU.

“The other three, named in the FIR, come with Navneet, Prashant and Himanshu, and we've apprehended few persons in the case and are intrograting them concerning the whereabouts of the six accused who're absconding," said CO Colonelganj, Shrishchandra.

While Shukla was once a former student of AU, the accused, Tripathi, is presently an MA final 12 months student of AU and is a legal inmate of the hostel. Tripathi had additionally contested the AU student union election ultimate 12 months at the publish of president.

Chief proctor of Allahabad University Prof RS Dubey says that Shukla was once neither an inmate of the hostel nor a student of AU. "I had already written to the SSP Allahabad a couple of days before that some criminal type youths have made hostels of AU as their safe heaven and police should flush them out," he said.

He added that he is presently out of city for some authentic paintings and would begin the process of expelling the three scholars of AU, said to be concerned in the case, as soon as he returns on the campus.


After the incident, some inmates of the hostel tried to create ruckus in the night itself however had been persuaded by means of the police.


This is the second time when such an incident has occurred on this hostel. In November 2018, a student chief of the AU, Sumit Shukla, was once shot dead at a party in the hostel.


“Our groups have raided a number of places the place the absconding accused may well be discovered and the lookout is continuing whilst he has switched off his mobile, however we're certain to nab him soon,” said the SSP.


Although Adharsh Kumar has been named as the the principle accused in the homicide of Rohit Shukla, AU’s leader proctor of AU circulated a letter on Monday night, written by means of Adharsh on April 12 during which he has alleged that he is being threatened by means of some illegal inmates of the hostel who're in possession of a number of rooms in both Sir PCB hostel and the SRK hostel. The names, at the side of two other, additionally incorporated the name of Rohit Shulka.
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