Andhra Pradesh: Engineering student dies by alleged suicide; parents stage protest, ransack college in Tirupati | WATCH
The relatives of an Engineering student who reportedly committed suicide inside his hostel room in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district, staged a protest against the college management and vandalized the institution’s furniture on Sunday.
Dhaneswara Reddy, 21, allegedly committed suicide inside his hostel room on Saturday. Reddy, a second-year computer science engineering student at Narayana Engineering College in Tirupati district’s Gudur town, was found hanging in his hostel room, reports said.
The deceased student was a resident of Pulivendula in YSR Kadapa district.
According to the police, the hostel warden learned about the incident and suffered a cardiac arrest due to the shock. Srinivasulu Naidu, the 57-year-old warden was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed.
Reports said that fellow students spotted Dharaneswar’s body hanging in his room at night and informed the warden who collapsed on the spot due to a heart attack and was rushed to a hospital by the hostel staff where he passed away.
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Demanding answers, Dharaneswar’s parents staged a protest against the college authorities, accusing them of conspiracy to cover up their son’s alleged suicide. They also wrecked college property during their protest.
According to reports, Students’ unions and the Parents association of Andhra Pradesh have accused the college management of putting undue pressure on Dharaneswara, however, the college has refuted the allegations claiming that the deceased suffered from family issues.
The boy’s parents, who refuted the claims and blamed the college for his death, reached the institution on Sunday morning where they went into their son’s room first and then went on to wreck college college furniture, canteen furniture and smash window panes with stones.
A police team arrived at the scene and soothed the enraged parents while promising a thorough probe into the incident.
An official said a case has been registered and investigation is underway.
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