Engineering student dies by suicide in Telangana over circulation of personal photos

The woman allegedly had a friendship with an undergraduate student who loved her. However, the two stopped talking over some differences following which the man allegedly shared some personal photos with her other friends.

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Engineering student dies by suicide in Telangana over circulation of personal photos

Warangal: A 20-year-old engineering student died by suicide in Telangana’s Warangal allegedly after a male friend shared her personal photos with others.

The woman’s father had filed a missing complaint on February 22. After learning about the complaint, the woman, who was in Chennai, spoke to her parents and came back to her home on February 23.

The woman allegedly had a friendship with an undergraduate student who loved her. However, the two stopped talking over some differences following which the man allegedly shared some personal photos with her other friends. This made the woman upset and she hanged herself at a relative’s house Sunday evening, police said.

The deceased's parents alleged that she took the extreme step due to the harassment.

The police have taken three people Alokya, Rahul and Yashwant in custody.

Last year in December, a first-year post-graduate medical student allegedly attempted suicide at a state-run hospital in Warangal district after being "harassed" by her senior in the same college, a male doctor. She died at a state-run hospital on Sunday night.

Last week, a final year MBBS student took his life in his hostel room in Telangana by hanging himself. Harsha was a bright student and appeared for two papers of the final year already and was supposed to attend another one on Saturday, an official of the medical college said, PTI reported.