Hyderabad: A second year BTech student of Sathyabama College of Engineering in Chennai allegedly committed suicide in his Hydernagar home in Nizampet on Thursday allegedly due to ragging.
K. Venkata Krishna Chaitanya, 19, hanged himself with a sari in his bedroom. He also left an eight-page suicide note written in Telugu, which stated that he was being ragged by a senior and was taking this step as he was unable to bear the torture any longer.
In the note he requested his father, Mr Narasimha Babu, a law graduate, to legally fight for action against his senior. He had come home for Diwali and was planning to return on Saturday.
Senior forced him to pay for expenses
Chaitanya, was helping his parents at their office in Punjagutta. His parents Narasimha Babu and Ramchandravathi are stamp vendors. After completing the work, he returned home on his bike as his parents came home in a car. His parents reached around 15 minutes after Chaitanya. When they entered, they found him hanging from the ceiling.
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Chaitanya left an eight-page suicide note in his diary in which he stated that he was being ragged by his senior, a Final Year BTech student named Shekar who is a native of Vijayawada, and his other friends. “He treats me worse than dogs. He does not let me study or do anything and at times he beats me too. It is increasing daily and I cannot tolerate this anymore,” read the note. He wrote that Shekar had also forced Chaitanya to pay his phone bills and other expenses. He would even snatch away his pocket money.
“Whenever I rent a car on a holiday, I am forced to give it to him and bear the fuel expenses too,” he wrote. Chaitanya also urged his father to fight legally till Shekar was punished. “Please do not leave him and fight till he is punished. No one else should suffer like me,” he wrote. Based on a complaint by Mr Babu, a case under Section 306 of IPC (Abetment to Suicide) and Section 4(1) of the Anti-Ragging Act had been filed. “The case will be transferred to Chennai for further investigation,” said KPHB inspector Sreekanth Goud.
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