In yet another tragic case of student suicide, at least eight students died by suicide in Telangana, while two others made a bid on their lives, since the results of their intermediate school exams (Class 11-12), were declared on Tuesday.

According to reports, five of eight deceased belonged to Telangana capital Hyderabad while the others were residents of from Nizambad, Wanaparthy and Jagtial.

They said the four of the deceased were girls and the two students who attempted suicide, were also females.

The reported suicide bids came from Sangareddy and Wanaparthy areas of Telangana.

In a similar incident, in April, as many as nine Class 11 and Class 12 students reportedly died by suicide in Andhra Pradesh within 48 hours of their exam results being announced.

According to reports at the time, nine students committed suicide within 48 hours, while two more made unsuccessful bids at their lives, since the results of class 11 and 12 were declared by the Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Examination.

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Media reports quoting police officials said that 17-year-old B Tarun, a Class 11 student, committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Srikakulam district.

The deceased, a resident of Dandu Gopalapuram village of Srikakulam district, had failed in most of his subjects and was reportedly depressed after the results came out.

Similarly, another class 11 student, 16-year-old A Akhilasree, died by suicide at her home Trinadhapuram under Malkapuram police station limits in Visakhapatnam district after the results were announced and she had failed in some subjects.

In another incident, an 18-year-old Class 12 student hanged himself to death at his house in Visakhapatnam’s Kancharapalem locality after the results revealed that he had failed in one of the subjects.

In the state’s Chittoor district, two 17-year-old students—a boy and a girl, both studying in Class 11—committed suicide after failing in the exams. While the boy ingested poison and died, the girl ended her life by jumping into a lake and died by drowning, reports said.

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The family of a man, who died while lodged at a police station in Secunderabad, have alleged that the deceased was tortured by the cops in custody, reports said.

According to report, the deceased, identified as Chiranjeevi, a resident of Secunderabad’s LB Nagar, was arrested by the police in a theft case and lodged in the Tukaramgate Police Station.

They said the inmate complained of illness on Tuesday and was taken by the cops to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Chiranjeevi’s family alleged that he was tortured in custody by the police, resulting in his demise. The family members of the deceased victim staged a protest outside the office of DCP (north), seeking a probe into the man’s death.

A senior police official said the body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem examination at the Gandhi Hospital mortuary to ascertain the cause of death and an inquiry has been ordered to probe the incident.

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In a similar incident, in February this year, a man in Hyderabad’s Medak, who was arrested on suspicion of theft, died of injuries he allegedly suffered due to custodial torture by the cops at the Medak Police Station.

Before his death, the man, identified as 35-year-old Mohammad Khadeer Khan, had narrated his ordeal in a video shared on social media in which accused the police of brutally thrashing him with sticks. The man claimed that the cops viciously beat him for five days before letting him go.

The victim’s wife had told newsmen that the cops picked up her husband from his sister’s home in in Hyderabad on January 27 and then subjected him to third-degree torture while in custody.

Kadeer, a daily wage worker, was in police custody for five days, and upon his release, the cops had allegedly warned him of dire consequences if he told anyone about the torture.

The victim, who was hospitalized after his release, had reportedly suffered multiple injuries, including fractures, dislocated spine and renal failure due to alleged beatings by the police. He succumbed to his injuries on the morning of February 17.

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Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), terming the BRS president as “more dangerous” than slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed.

Addressing the Nirudyoga March (Rally of the unemployed) rally at Mahbubnagar, Banday Sanjay called KCR the “leader of gangsters” who is more dangerous than Atiq Ahmed and alleged that while the slain Uttar Pradesh gangster looted people at gunpoint, KCR does the same by looting people of their lands with the help of the state police.

…but there is nothing to be afraid of because whe shall continue to fight with him till we achieve our goal, Sanjay said.

Attacking KCR on the alleged paper leak scam, the Telangana BJP president accused the Chief Minister and his family of jeopardizing the careers of 30 lakh unemployed youth and said the fight won’t end until those wronged by the paper leaks in Telangana State Public Service Commission recruitment examinations get justice.

Bandi Sanjay said he will not back down till KCR removes his son from the cabinet, orders a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge and announces a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the unemployed youth who were affected by the paper leak scam.

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The BJP leader claimed that the downfall of KCR regime was near and the saffron party will be victorious in all seats in Mahabubnagar district in next Assembly polls.

Speaking of his recent arrest in connection with a Class 10 paper leak case, Bandi Sanjay refuted all charges against him and claimed that the KCR dispensation was trying to frame him in a false case to have him back down from fighting for the unemployed youth of the state.

The right-wing party leader noted that the KCR government in Telangana had claimed to have given 21 notifications for various job recruitments but not even one of them was completed successfully.

Bandi Sanjay also defended Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent announcement that BJP will scrap reservations for Muslims in education and employment, if voted to power in Telangana.

He said the Muslim reservations bill will torn up and dumped in a dustbin if the BJP comes to power in Telangana as the party does not believe in religion-based reservations.

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