Overview

• Medipally police said the student was found hanging in his hostel room at Siddharth Engineering College in Hyderabad.
• In a video recorded before his death, he said seniors threatened him, beat him, and repeatedly demanded money.
• The family’s lawyer alleged he was taken to a bar by seniors, forced to drink, and made to pay a bill of about Rs 10,000.
• Police registered a case and are investigating both suspected ragging and the circumstances of the death, with no accused publicly identified so far.
• The case has intensified scrutiny of campus safety as the Delhi High Court recently pressed for stronger anti-ragging systems and a functional helpline.