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Hyderabad: Satwik, a 16-year-old student studying in Sri Chaitanya Junior College, committed suicide after being accused by his teachers and the warden of not scoring well in the examination. Class 11 Intermediate student hanged himself in a classroom.
The victim’s father has stated in his police complaint that the victim was often targeted and beaten up by the lecturers, which made him depressed. A case has been registered against the college management, three lecturers and the warden under section 305 of the IPC. Further investigation is underway, his classmates are being questioned.
Earlier, a post-graduate medical student from Telangana’s Warangal, a woman undergoing treatment here after allegedly attempting suicide a few days back, died on Sunday, doctors said.
The first-year postgraduate medical student allegedly attempted suicide at a government hospital in Warangal district on December 22 after she was allegedly harassed by her senior in the same college, police told sources.
A PG second year student in the Department of Anesthesia at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal was booked for harassing a female first year post graduate student in the same college, police said. Police said the victim’s father had lodged a police complaint accusing a senior student of harassing his daughter and a case was registered, following which he was arrested.
In another incident, a final-year medical student died by suicide at her hostel room in Nizamabad last Saturday.
As many as 1,64,033 people died by suicide in the country in 2021, according to the latest official figures.
