Hyderabad: A failed Facebook love affair led to a 21-year-old B.Tech student attempting suicide. The incident came to light on Sunday. The student had fallen in love with a man on the social media website.
He promised her marriage and allegedly abused her sexually and then rejected her. The victim consumed BP tablets on July 27 and attempted suicide. She is now in a private hospital in Jeedimetla and her condition is reportedly critical.
Police said the victim, 21, belongs to Raparthi in Khammam district. She is studying final year ECE at a college in Ghatkesar and was staying at a hostel. She and the accused Srinivas Naidu, 22, were classmates at school. After school, both joined different colleges.
Two years ago they came in contact through Facebook. Both of them fell in love with each other and Srinivas promised to marry the victim. He took her to his residence at Chintal and allegedly abused her sexually. Recently, she came to know that Srinivas is preparing to marry another girl.
“He rejected her saying that he is from a higher caste and cannot marry her as she belonged to a lower caste. He harassed her physically, mentally and sexually. Many times he took money from her for personal use. She believed him blindly,” said a close relative of the victim.
On July 2, the victim went to Srinivas’s house at Chintal. When he rejected her again, she consumed more 90 BP tablets and fell unconscious.
“She was carrying money that her father sent her to pay college fees and for personal expenses. Srinivas and his brother took her into his home, took the money, gold jewellery and mobile phone. Later at night, they dropped her near a shop on the road,” added the relative.
The girl is undergoing treatment and is on ventilator. Her condition is said to be critical. Police registered a case and sent the accused to judicial remand.
