A student was stabbed to death on the campus of Panjabi University here following a quarrel on Monday, police said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Varun Sharma said the student has been identified as Navjot Singh (20), a student in the sixth semester, of village Sangatpur near Nabha in this district. He was a computer science engineering student.

Sharma said there were several outsiders on the campus who got into an argument that followed the stabbing incident.

Police said Sharma had suffered multiple injuries and was taken to a dispensary.

“They shifted him to Rajindra hospital as the stab wounds had led to major loss of blood. He died during treatment," said the SSP.

Sharma said the university has submitted the CCTV footage of the incident to the police.

Officials said the student was a scholar.

University Public Relations Officer Daljit Ami said, “The university has collected CCTV footage of the incident and will submit it to the police. The incident took place around 12.15 pm. As per the CCTV footage, around 24 students were present at the site outside the UCoE when some of them got into an altercation. Navjot suffered multiple stab injuries and was taken to the Government Rajindra Hospital.”

The officials said Navjot was a day scholar. They said the reason for the stabbing was not yet clear. “The police are investigating the case. The Patiala SSP also paid a visit to the university campus,” another official said.