KHAMMAM: A 17-year-old Intermediate first-year student, Madugula Sai Vardhan, hanged himself from a ceiling fan in his hostel room at the Social Welfare Residential Gurukul Junior College at in Madhira mandal of Khammam on Tuesday morning.
Vardhan’s parents, daily labourers, M Rambabu and Suhasini, demanded the government to conduct an inquiry and do justice. They said: “My son came home for Christmas and returned to college on Monday morning.”
Meanwhile, the district collector ordered an inquiry into the incident.
The Madhira rural police registered a case under Section 194 of BNS and further probe is on. MRPS activists staged a protest outside the college, demanding a a Rs 50 lakh compensation and a government job for a family member.
Officials have assured the family of outsourcing job opportunities.
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