A college student was allegedly killed in a clash between some hostelers and staffers of a hotel over some dispute in Sikar district, police said today.

The incident took place yesterday when a group of hostelers had gone for dinner at the hotel on Jaipur-Bikaner highway where they had some altercation with its staff, they said.

In the resultant clash, Mukesh (20) received critical head injuries and was rushed to Sikar district hospital from where he was referred to SMS hospital Jaipur. He, however, succumbed to injuries on the way to Jaipur, police said.