Overview

• Jadav Sai Teja, 22, a second-year student at Siddharth Engineering College in Hyderabad, was found hanging in his hostel room.
• In a video recorded before his death, he said four or five seniors threatened and beat him while repeatedly demanding money.
• The family’s lawyer alleges seniors took him to a bar, forced him to drink, and made him pay nearly Rs 10,000.
• Police say they are investigating both the alleged ragging and the circumstances of the suicide.
• His family traveled about 300 km with their lawyer seeking justice, as coverage notes a similar July case reported in Bengaluru.