Overview

• A 20-year-old BBA second-year student at Railway Degree College, Tarnaka, was found dead by hanging at her Lalaguda residence this week, police said.
• Friends and family reported that she had been distressed after coach Degavath Ambaji, known as Lucky, allegedly proposed to her and then harassed her.
• Investigators registered a case of death under suspicious circumstances under Section 194 of the BNSS and said no suicide note has been found so far.
• Officers said the coach is absconding and being traced, and they have collected data from the student’s phone as part of the inquiry.
• Police conducted a postmortem and handed the body to the family, with further action to follow based on evidence gathered.