Telangana: First year IIIT-Basara student dies by suicide, campus on the boil | Hyderabad News

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HYDERABAD: Trouble erupted on the IIIT-Basara campus again on Tuesday after an engineering student died by suicide in his hostel room. While the local police said the 20-year-old, Rathod Suresh, hanged himself owing to personal reasons. The incident led to widespread protests on the campus.
A resident of Dichpally in Nizamabad district, Suresh was pursuing first year civil engineering course. His body was taken to the Nirmal hosptial where doctors performed the post mortem examination. Police registered a case under section 174 (suspicious death) of the CrPc.
“On Tuesday, when other students went to college, he stayed back. Later when his room-mates returned to the hostel for lunch, they found the door locked. They broke open the door to find Suresh hanging,” said Basara inspector Vinod Reddy.
While the reason for the suicide is not known, Praveen Reddy, superintendent of police (Nirmal), said prima facie they suspect it be for personal reasons. Cops are now analysing the data on his mobile phone to gather leads. No suicide note was found in the room.
Meanwhile, soon after news of the suicide spread, protests broke out, both inside and outside the IIIT campus.