Hyderabad: Engineering student dies by suicide after harassment by seniors
Jadav Sai Teja, 22, was found hanging in his room at the college hostel. In his last video, he said that he was being forced to shell out money and pleaded for his life.
Hyderabad: An Engineering student pursuing B.Tech second year at Siddhartha Institute of Technology and Sciences, died by suicide after he was harassed by senior students at the college, tv9 telugu reported.
Jadav Sai Teja, 22, was found hanging in his room at the college hostel and was reportedly a victim of ragging and harassment.
According to his friends, he took the drastic step of ending his life due to ragging by seniors. He was taken to a bar and was forced to drink alcohol as the seniors pressured him to pay a bill of Rs 10,000. "Unable to handle the stress, he took his life,” Sai Teja’s advocate Kishore alleged.
In his last video, he said that he was being beaten and was forced to shell out money. He also pleaded for his life in the video.
"I was going to college. Some people came and threatened me and they are demanding money,” he said in a video he recorded before he took his own life.
He also stated that he’s being hit and that he was very scared. "They are coming to me and asking me for money. What should I do? I’m going to die. Please save me.”
Medipally police reached the scene of the incident and shifted his body to Gandhi Hospital mortuary. An investigation is underway.