Inter student dies by suicide in Telangana college hostel

Student union alleges that Inter first-year student took extreme step due to harassment by Ekashila Junior College management

Warangal: A first-year Intermediate student of a private junior college died by suicide in her hostel room in the wee hours of Wednesday.

According to reports, Sridevi (17), studying in Ekashila Junior College in Hanamkonda, was found hanging in her hostel room.

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The college management informed the police, who reached the hostel and after conducting preliminary inquiry, shifted the body to the government hospital for a post-mortem examination.

A case was registered and an investigation is under way.

Meanwhile, the student union members staged a protest in front of the college and demanded that the government register a case against Ekashila Educational Institutions chairman Gowri Tirupati Reddy.

They alleged that the girl took the extreme step due to harassment by the college management. They also demanded that the government cancel the recognition of the college.