Calcutta, July 10 :    Calcutta, July 10:  Four years ago, Vikas Jaiswal and Mausam Singh Roy, both 21, from Howrah, had hit the headlines when they murdered two friends on a cold December night. The friends - Pritam Chakraborty and Rudra Parui - were asked to meet the duo near Howrah bridge, where the four would 'resolve a mess' involving a girl. But during an argument, Pritam and Rudra were beaten up and pushed into the Hooghly. The next day, Vikas and Mausam were taken in custody, after the bodies of the other two were fished out. Lifers Vikas and Mausam, now lodged in a dingy cell at Presidency jail in Alipore, have become 'celebrities' overnight, ever since news broke that they had fared well in this year's Higher Secondary (HS) examinations. For the past three days, Vikas and Mausam have had a stream of visitors - murderers, dacoits and even drug addicts - but with a different purpose. The co-inmates wanted to congratulate them for their success in the examinations. One more person has reason to feel elated. Ranadhir Basu, the private tutor of teen murderer Sudipa Pal, lodged in the jail as a lifer, was buoyed by the success of the youths. He had purchased sweets and distributed them to inmates at the jail. The reason: He tutored the duo after they had been lodged in the jail since March 2000. Earlier, the youths were lodged in Howrah district jail from December 12, 1998. 'We are indebted to Ranadhirbabu for helping us with our syllabus. It is because of him that we got through,' said Vikas, who has been placed in the second division. 'If permitted, I want to study further. I have plans of becoming a teacher,' he told Metro on Wednesday. Mausam, however, has just scraped through. 'I have recently bagged a national award in fine arts, in a competition which drew prisoners across the country as participants. The event was held in Bangalore,' he said, adding: 'After graduation, I want to pursue a career in fine arts.' Jail superintendent S.R.Hussain said that the prison authorities would help the two youths pursue their dreams. 'We have already contacted the Calcutta University officials on allowing them to sit for BA Part I as external candidates,' he added. But for some time, the two have been demanding that they be allowed to study as regular candidates in a college. 'We may be convicted by a court of law, but does that mean that we will be denied the rights of pursuing further studies, like other boys?' they have reportedly told the authorities. Sources said the inmates have planned to submit a memorandum to the superintendent, demanding that the two boys be permitted to attend a college. 'The jail environment is hardly conducive for them to study. If they attend a college, they will do better,' said an undertrial. The jail authorities are, however, doubtful about the arrangements demanded by the two. 'They are lifers. So they have to be provided with adequate security when they attend college. At present, we don't have such infrastructure,' said inspector-general of prisons Anil Kumar.