India, Jan. 27 -- A Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) student from Delhi was found dead under "suspicious circumstances" in Saharanpur on Sunday night,police said, triggering protests by his family and fellow students, who alleged that the death was not accidental but a planned murder.

Police identified the deceased as Vishal Gautam, 28, a resident of Delhi and a first-year student at Guru Dronacharya Ayurvedic Institute in Saharanpur, where he was residing in the hostel.

According to police, Gautam had gone out late at night with two friends on a motorcycle to buy food and beverages. All three were riding on the same bike when an unidentified speeding vehicle allegedly hit them near Khushalipur village in the Behat (Bih...