Telangana: 16-year-old boy found hanging in private college

A 16-year-old boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his classroom at a private college in the Rangareddy district of Telangana on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023. The deceased teenager was identified as Nagula Satwik, the authorities reveals. The state police informed that the family of deceased alleged foul play saying that his death […]

by Reena Choudhary - March 1, 2023, 4:12 pm

A 16-year-old boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his classroom at a private college in the Rangareddy district of Telangana on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023. The deceased teenager was identified as Nagula Satwik, the authorities reveals.

The state police informed that the family of deceased alleged foul play saying that his death was the fallout of the tortured perpetrated on him by the private college’s management. The police said in a statement, “It appears that the boy hung himself at 10.30 pm on Wednesday, after attending his classes. He was an intermediate student at a private college in Narsingi.”

“It is too early to determine why the boy took this extreme step. However, his parents have alleged that the death might be the fallout of the torture that he was subjected to by the management at the private college. We have registered a case under Section 305 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC and an investigation is underway,” the officer added.

After the words regarding the incident got out, members of the student union and the boy’s kin staged a protest on a road in Narsingi, ANI reported quoting sources. A team of police rushed to the scene and broke-up the protesters, the reported continued quoting sources.