April 21, 2026 03:16 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
15 killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into gorge in J&K’s Udhampur | Oil jumps over 5% as Strait of Hormuz closure fuels supply fears | Pushback from smartphone makers: Centre drops Aadhaar app pre-install plan — report | Meta eyes first wave of layoffs on May 20: Report | TCS breaks silence on Nida Khan: ‘No HR role, no power’ in Nashik case | ‘Panic reaction’: Rahul Gandhi on women’s bill, says PM Modi ‘wants to send a message’ | Adani Group shares rise as Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s richest, overtakes Mukesh Ambani | TCS Nashik ‘conversion’ case accused seeks anticipatory bail citing pregnancy | IT raids TMC candidate Debasish Kumar’s premises ahead of Bengal polls | Bengal SIR: Supreme Court allows voters restored by tribunal till April 21 and 27 to vote

Bengaluru student shot dead in boarding room

| | Apr 01, 2015, at 10:32 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 1(IBNS) A teenaged student of a Bengaluru college was shot dead and her friend injured allegedly by an office assistant in their boarding room on the city's outskirts on Tuesday night.

Police said the accused was arrested on Wednesday.

Gauthami, the 18-year-old second year pre-university student was residding at hostel. Her friend has been admitted to hospital.

Both of them  were in their room on the third floor of the hostel when the incident took place.

Police suspect Mahesh, the office assistant, to be a jilted lover.

He was  located after an extensive manhunt.

  Karnataka Home Minister KJ George, Bangalore Police Commissioner MN Reddi and other senior officials reached the spot to get first-hand information about the tragic incident.

Police investigation into the incident is on.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.