Hyderabad, Oct 21
Tension prevailed at a private college at Bachupally in Hyderabad on Monday after a female student of a private junior college allegedly died by suicide in the college hostel.
Angered over the shifting of the body without informing them, the family members and relatives of the deceased ransacked the office furniture.
Police said the student of Intermediate First Year (Class 11) returned to the college hostel on Sunday after the Dussehra holidays.
The college management later informed the girl’s family living in Sangareddy district that she fell unconscious. When the parents reached the hostel, they were informed that she died by suicide and her body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital.
The girl’s family members had an argument with the college management and tried to manhandle them. They wanted to know why the body was shifted before their arrival. They blamed the college management for her death.
Police officials tried to pacify the protesters and told them that the police shifted the body for autopsy.
The deceased was identified as Anusha, a native of Nagireddypalli village near Zaheerabad in Sangareddy district.
A case was registered at Bachupally Police Station under the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate. Police were investigating the reason behind the student taking the extreme step.