One more student commits suicide over Telangana

One more student of Osmania University allegedly committed suicide in support of statehood to Telangana by hanging himself in his hostel room in Hyderabad today.

M Saikumar, a BTech second year student, after attending a class in the morning went to his hostel room and hanged himself with a rope, Osmania University police said.

When his room-mates came to the room after attending their classes, they found Saikumar hanging from the window and immediately alerted the police and called an ambulance, police said.

Saikumar died on the way to the Gandhi hospital.

The police recovered a suicide note purportedly written by Saikumar in which he stated that he is sacrificing his life for the cause of Telangana.

Additional forces have been deployed in the university campus and near Gandhi hospital as tension prevailed after the news of Saikumar's death spread.