Basar police said the youngster, P Banu Prasad (17), was a Pre-University Course (PUC) student at the varsity. He was a native of Rangapur village in Manchel mandal in Ranga Reddy district.
Babu Prasad’s classmates found him hanging in the room and alerted the police who have shifted the body to Nirmal district headquarters government hospital for post-mortem.
A suicide note purportedly written by Babu Prasad was recovered from the room.
Police registered a case of suspicious death and took up investigation.