<div>The Bengaluru police on Wednesday detained the accused Mahesh in the PU student murder case. Gauthami, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly gunned down by Mahesh, an attender in a private college. <br /><br />On Tuesday night, Mahesh is said to have barged into the hostel room on the third floor in which the two girls, studying second year Pre-University course (standard 12) in Pragathi college at Kadugodi, on city outskirts, and fired, killing Gautami instantly and injuring her friend Sirisha, Bengaluru Police Commissioner M N Reddi told reporters.<br /><br />Gauthami and Sirisha hailed from Pavagada in Tumkur district while Mahesh is a native of Agumbe in Shivamogga. <br /><br />Though there are reports that Mahesh was very close to Gauthami, the police investigating the case claimed that there was no relationship between Gauthami and Mahesh.<br /><br />The injured girl is "out of danger" and is being treated at a private hospital here, he said.<br /><br />Reddi said the attender working with the institution for the last two years was absconding and the motive behind the killing was not yet known.<br /><br />Describing it as "an unfortunate incident", Home Minister K J George, who visited the college, said the two students were at the hostel last night when the attender "shot at one girl and has killed her."</div>
<div>The Bengaluru police on Wednesday detained the accused Mahesh in the PU student murder case. Gauthami, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly gunned down by Mahesh, an attender in a private college. <br /><br />On Tuesday night, Mahesh is said to have barged into the hostel room on the third floor in which the two girls, studying second year Pre-University course (standard 12) in Pragathi college at Kadugodi, on city outskirts, and fired, killing Gautami instantly and injuring her friend Sirisha, Bengaluru Police Commissioner M N Reddi told reporters.<br /><br />Gauthami and Sirisha hailed from Pavagada in Tumkur district while Mahesh is a native of Agumbe in Shivamogga. <br /><br />Though there are reports that Mahesh was very close to Gauthami, the police investigating the case claimed that there was no relationship between Gauthami and Mahesh.<br /><br />The injured girl is "out of danger" and is being treated at a private hospital here, he said.<br /><br />Reddi said the attender working with the institution for the last two years was absconding and the motive behind the killing was not yet known.<br /><br />Describing it as "an unfortunate incident", Home Minister K J George, who visited the college, said the two students were at the hostel last night when the attender "shot at one girl and has killed her."</div>