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Hyderabad: In a chilling revelation from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, a 17-year-old student in Visakhapatnam has died by suicide after jumping off her college building. In a long text exchange with her family minutes before she took the plunge, the student said she was sexually harassed at the college and could not complain to the institution’s authorities or the police because her harassers had taken photos of her and had threatened to post them on social media.
In the hair-rising messages, the girl told her family that some of her fellow students in the college had also been sexually assaulted, and then addressed her elder sister, writing, “Sorry didi, I have to go.”
The girl was a student of a polytechnic college in Visakhapatnam – her name has been withheld to protect her identity – and her family, who live in the neighboring Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh, received a call from the institute authorities around 10 pm on Thursday that she She has gone missing. When he did not answer the phone for some time, the family informed the police.
Around 12.50 am on Friday, the girl finally responded to distraught messages from her family and asked them not to be tense.
Responding to the allegations, the college’s principal denied any possibility of male access to the women’s hostel, asserting stringent measures in place to prevent such incidents. Meanwhile, authorities launched an investigation, questioning faculty members and students to uncover the truth behind the tragedy.
A police official said faculty members and other students are being questioned and all angles are being investigated.
