Unable to cope with her father’s death, an engineering student ended her life in her house in Petbasheerabad on Thursday.
According to police, Pamulapati Gnanashree (21), a native of Chattrai in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, was staying at a private girls’ hostel in Maisammaguda while pursuing her third year BTech at Malla Reddy Engineering
College.
Her father, Chennakesava Reddy, a government school teacher, had passed away due to illness on March 31.
Police said Gnanashree had recently returned to the hostel and appeared for an examination on Wednesday. However, she did not attend the exam scheduled on Thursday. Later, she was found hanging in her hostel room in the evening.