The principal of DAV PG College in Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, was arrested late on Saturday night in connection with the suicide of 20-year-old student Ujjwal Rana , who had died last week after setting himself on fire on campus as college administration refused his examination form due to non-payment of fee, police said.

Pradeep Kumar, who had been absconding since the incident, was found near Sadda Adda Dhaba close to Byawala Chowki on the night of November 15 and taken into custody. He was produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody, officials added.

Rana, a second-year BA student, set himself on fire on November 8 on the college campus after he was allegedly denied an examination form because he had not cleared his semester fees. He had paid Rs 1,750 of the roughly Rs 7,0

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