Intermediate student commits suicide, second such case in two days

KURNOOL: Unable to take the peer pressure from college management to excel in academics, an intermediate student in Kurnool committed suicide by hanging in his hostel room on Friday late hours.
After a B Tech girl student ended her life over alleged ragging by seniors on Thursday, another case of student committing suicide surfaced in Kurnool on Saturday brought the cases of peer pressures in private educational institutions to the fore.
According to Kurnool police, the deceased intermediate student identified as Loknath Chowdary hails from Ameenabad village of Tuggili mandal, Telangana had joined Sri Chaitanya College residential college in Kurnool to pursue MPC course.
He was under immense pressure after failing to secure good grades in the exams conducted by college management recently. He was forced to study for 18 hours a day which made him to take the extreme step.
Upon receiving the information, student union leaders reached the college and demanded college management to explain why he committed suicide. SFI leaders and friends allege that college management harassed Loknath regarding his academics and forced him to take hasty decision to end his life.
"A case under suspicious death has been booked and investigation was on. More details regarding his death are yet to ascertain," said Kurnool police.
However, college management expressed their innocence and said Loknath committed suicide due to personal reasons.