Hyderabad: An engineering college in Hyderabad witnessed massive protests on Monday after a student committed suicide over the weekend as he was refused promotion on account of low attendance.
Dinesh Reddy, 18, was a second year student of the CVSR College of Engineering in Ghatkesar. The college is affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University or JNTU and does not promote students who have less than 65 per cent attendance. The student had an attendance of 40 per cent.
On Saturday, as the college premises was rather quiet, a final year student and a lab assistant saw Dinesh jump off the fifth floor of the college building. He died in the hospital the same day.
The Dean of Examinations of the Anurag Group of Institutions - which runs the college - Professor Muthu Reddy, said Dinesh's death came as a shock to them.
Local police inspector B Prakash said, "We have registered a case against the institution and its head for abetment of suicide. We are still investigating."
A leader of TNSF (Telugu Nadu Students' Federation), Sandeep Netha, who joined the students in protest, said, "Action should be taken against the concerned Head of the Department. If in the investigation reports he is found guilty, then he must be sacked."
Dinesh Reddy, 18, was a second year student of the CVSR College of Engineering in Ghatkesar. The college is affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University or JNTU and does not promote students who have less than 65 per cent attendance. The student had an attendance of 40 per cent.
On Saturday, as the college premises was rather quiet, a final year student and a lab assistant saw Dinesh jump off the fifth floor of the college building. He died in the hospital the same day.
The Dean of Examinations of the Anurag Group of Institutions - which runs the college - Professor Muthu Reddy, said Dinesh's death came as a shock to them.
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Local police inspector B Prakash said, "We have registered a case against the institution and its head for abetment of suicide. We are still investigating."
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A leader of TNSF (Telugu Nadu Students' Federation), Sandeep Netha, who joined the students in protest, said, "Action should be taken against the concerned Head of the Department. If in the investigation reports he is found guilty, then he must be sacked."
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