Overview

• Jadhav Sai Teja, 19, a second‑year B.Tech student at Siddhartha Institute in Narapally, was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday night, according to police.
• In a video recorded hours earlier, he alleged assault, threats and repeated demands for money after being taken to a bar and forced to pay a bill of about Rs 10,000.
• Based on his father's complaint, police registered abetment of suicide and extortion cases and invoked the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
• Officers said those involved were largely from the same batch and launched searches for the accused, with local reports noting some detentions for questioning.
• Family members, who traveled from Adilabad, alleged that outsiders were involved as investigators examine the video and conduct the post‑mortem.