<p>A student was beaten to death inside a college in West Bengal on Friday allegedly during a clash between two groups of students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place at Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya in West Midnapore district. Krishna Prasad Jana, a BA student, succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital.<br /><br />The student's friend said he was hit with iron rods and sticks during the clash.<br /><br />Describing the incident as "sad and shameful", Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said police have been asked to take "strict action".<br /><br />Banerjee claimed the incident happened as a result of a clash at the union room run by the Congress-affiliated Chhatra Parishad, while Congress leader Manas Bhuniya held the Trinamool Congress backed Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) responsible for the fatal attack on Jana.<br /><br />However, the chief minister hinted at factional feuds within the Chhatra Parishad as the cause of the violence.<br /><br />"The incident happened inside the union room. The union is run by the Chhatra Parishad and not by the TMCP. The victim was hit with a bat during the scuffle," she said.<br /><br />Bhuniya, a former state minister and legislator from Sabong, alleged that TMCP backed "miscreants" had attacked the Chhatra Parishad supporters that led to Chhatra Parishad activist Jana's death.<br /><br />Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said: "It is the result of a factional fight. He lost his life during the scuffle. My information says the victim was not a college student right now."<br /><br />A Chhatra Parishad activist told reporters that the TMCP leaders wanted to felicitate visiting West Bengal minister Soumen Kumar Mahapatra. <br /><br />However, a dispute arose between the two groups over this. Mahapatra and TMCP leaders denied the charges.<br /><br />After the incident, irate Chhatra Parishad members allegedly locked principal Kanailal Padia in his room and blocked the National Highway at Sabong.<br /><br />"I was under lock and key. Students' unions are linked to this incident. They brought the news. The student expired. I cannot say which student union the perpetrators belong to. I have asked police to take steps," Padia said.<br /><br />The Chhatra Parishad has called a statewide students' strike on Saturday. <br /><br />The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) backed Students' Federation of India has also called a strike in schools and colleges and decided to observe Saturday as a "condemnation day".<br /><br />Academicians and political parties have condemned the incident.<br /><br />"I feel ashamed. My heart goes out to the family of the deceased. The incident is very painful. It is a black day," said former vice chancellor of Vidyasagar University Anandadeb Mukerjee.<br /><br />"Student murdered in campus by TMC (Trinamool) goons. Join statewide protest 2moro agnst barbarism," tweeted state CPI-M secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra.</p>
<p>A student was beaten to death inside a college in West Bengal on Friday allegedly during a clash between two groups of students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place at Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya in West Midnapore district. Krishna Prasad Jana, a BA student, succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital.<br /><br />The student's friend said he was hit with iron rods and sticks during the clash.<br /><br />Describing the incident as "sad and shameful", Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said police have been asked to take "strict action".<br /><br />Banerjee claimed the incident happened as a result of a clash at the union room run by the Congress-affiliated Chhatra Parishad, while Congress leader Manas Bhuniya held the Trinamool Congress backed Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) responsible for the fatal attack on Jana.<br /><br />However, the chief minister hinted at factional feuds within the Chhatra Parishad as the cause of the violence.<br /><br />"The incident happened inside the union room. The union is run by the Chhatra Parishad and not by the TMCP. The victim was hit with a bat during the scuffle," she said.<br /><br />Bhuniya, a former state minister and legislator from Sabong, alleged that TMCP backed "miscreants" had attacked the Chhatra Parishad supporters that led to Chhatra Parishad activist Jana's death.<br /><br />Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said: "It is the result of a factional fight. He lost his life during the scuffle. My information says the victim was not a college student right now."<br /><br />A Chhatra Parishad activist told reporters that the TMCP leaders wanted to felicitate visiting West Bengal minister Soumen Kumar Mahapatra. <br /><br />However, a dispute arose between the two groups over this. Mahapatra and TMCP leaders denied the charges.<br /><br />After the incident, irate Chhatra Parishad members allegedly locked principal Kanailal Padia in his room and blocked the National Highway at Sabong.<br /><br />"I was under lock and key. Students' unions are linked to this incident. They brought the news. The student expired. I cannot say which student union the perpetrators belong to. I have asked police to take steps," Padia said.<br /><br />The Chhatra Parishad has called a statewide students' strike on Saturday. <br /><br />The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) backed Students' Federation of India has also called a strike in schools and colleges and decided to observe Saturday as a "condemnation day".<br /><br />Academicians and political parties have condemned the incident.<br /><br />"I feel ashamed. My heart goes out to the family of the deceased. The incident is very painful. It is a black day," said former vice chancellor of Vidyasagar University Anandadeb Mukerjee.<br /><br />"Student murdered in campus by TMC (Trinamool) goons. Join statewide protest 2moro agnst barbarism," tweeted state CPI-M secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra.</p>