Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 24 -- A 22-year-old B.Tech student of Rajadhani Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nagaroor, was stabbed to death near his college in Thiruvananthapuram, as per the Kerala police.

The deceased, identified as Valentine, was a native of Mizoram. The Nagaroor police have taken a batchmate, also from Mizoram, into custody in connection with the incident.

According to the police, the incident took place around 10:30 p.m. at a junction about 200 meters from the college.

Preliminary investigations suggest that an altercation between the two students may have led to the attack.

The victim was a final-year engineering student.

The accused, T. Lamsang Swal (23), a third-year B.Tech Civil Engineering student from th...