Engineering student ends life in Hyderabad, unable to cope with father’s death
A 21-year-old engineering student died by suicide in her hostel room in Hyderabad’s Petbasheerabad, reportedly unable to cope with her father’s recent death. Police recovered a note expressing emotional distress and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Hyderabad: Unable to cope with her father’s death, an engineering student ended her life in her house in Petbasheerabad on Thursday.
According to police, Pamulapati Gnanashree (21), a native of Chattrai in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, was staying at a private girls’ hostel in Maisammaguda while pursuing her third year BTech at Malla Reddy Engineering College.
Her father, Chennakesava Reddy, a government school teacher, had passed away due to illness on March 31.
Police said Gnanashree had recently returned to the hostel and appeared for an examination on Wednesday. However, she did not attend the exam scheduled on Thursday. Later, she was found hanging in her hostel room in the evening.
Her friends noticed her and immediately alerted the police. A suicide note was recovered, in which she reportedly expressed deep distress over her father’s death, stating that she could not imagine life without her parents and wished to be with her father.
The Petbasheerabad police are investigating.
