A 20 year old, first year student of Baldwin College, was shot dead early in the morning on Sunday when he intruded into the Flag Staff House in Bangalore.
Army guards shot him as they thought him to be a terrorist when he entered a Brigadier's residence and there after tried to flee.
The student, identified as Mohammad Mukarram, was drag racing with some of his friends on MG Road when the police chased them away.
Mukarram ran and entered the Flag Staff House.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) , BK Singh, said that the student did not surrender when asked to do so by the sentries and they thus fired three rounds.
Police said that Mukarram was taken to a hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.
By-elections for eight constituencies of the Karnataka Assembly has started today at 7 AM under the strict vigil of around 9,500 security personnel. The defection by three Congress, four JDS members and death of JD(S) leader M S Siddaraju necessitated the by-election. A total of 13.69 lakh electorate would decide the entry of 8 contestants into the assembly. 
A rumour of death of two infants after taking polio drops, triggers panic among parents in the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border. A local Kannada channel news telecast that many children in Bangalore had died after taking the drops, also created panic in different parts of the city. 
In a significant move, the State High Court stayed the Medical Council of India (MCI) order, directing the medical colleges to discharge 145 Post Graduate (PG) students who were admitted in the state under government quota.
