UoH Pro Vice-Chancellor Vipin Srivastava said Praveen had got admitted to Master of Fine Arts course around one and half months ago.
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A student of University of Hyderabad, Praveen, committed suicide in his hostel room in the early hours of Saturday, the police said.
Praveen Kumar was found hanging from the ceiling of his room at around 5am by his hostel-mates.
Praveen was immediately shifted to the University Health Centre, whereupon after preliminary examination by the Medical Officer, he was rushed to Citizen Hospital along with the university Medical Officer.
Meanwhile, the university in a press release said that Nelli Praveen Kumar with registration number 16SNMP07, a first semester student of Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, was found hanging in his hostel room (L Hostel-204). “He was declared dead as soon as he was shifted to the private hospital”, said Dr Ravindra Kumar, chief medical officer to Times of India.
The reason behind his death is yet to be ascertained. “We are investigating”, a police officer at Gachibowli police station said.
Praveen, 25, was from a middle-class OBC family. He is a native of Shadnagar in Mahabubnagar district.
Cops recovered two notebooks, one laptop, two cellphones from among his possessions. “Why am I unable to study well?” His brother told reporters that they didn’t have any financial problem and Praveen never told him that he was unhappy. Why am I unable to mingle with anyone? “Why do I have this feeling that I am a lonely person?”
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The suicide comes months after Rohith Vemula (26), a second year PhD student at University of Hyderabad, committed suicide inside the campus in a similar fashion after alleged caste discrimination.
