Warangal Urban: Two youths were arrested by the Kamalapur police after Intermediate student Shivarathri Shivani, 17, hanged herself to death on Tuesday. Localaveni Ganesh and Kanukula Srikanth were arrested after the girl’s family alleged that they had been harassing her.
Shivani, who lived with her parents Venkanna and Komuramma in Desarajupalli village, was studying Intermediate second year at the Kamalapur government junior college. She complained to her parents about the harassment by Srikanth who kept stalking her. Following this, the family warned him.
Shivani’s brother Kumaraswamy went to Kamalapur on October 30 along with elders and asked Srikanth to stay away from his sister.
“My sister told us that the boy and his friends used to misbehave with her. We warned him that we will complain to the police. But he continued harassing her and drove her to death,” he said.
Srikanth and his friends met Shivani again on Monday and threatened that they would kill her and her brother if she does not accept his proposal. Unable to bear the torture she hanged herself on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Shivani’s friends and other students held a dharna demanding punishment for the culprits.
Warangal police commissioner G. Sudheer Babu said the culprits will not be let off. He said that SHE teams would be deployed in colleges and bus stops to identify miscreants. He asked girls to complain to the police on WhatsApp number 9491089257 if they encounter eve teasers.
