East Godavari, June 3 -- A 19-year-old B.Tech student, Paruchuri Pragathi, took her own life by hanging herself from a clothesline in her hostel room at GIET Engineering College in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, on June 3, 2025.

According to the police, Pragathi, a first-year student from Nellore district, was found dead in her hostel room after she reportedly failed four out of seven subjects in her recent semester exams.

A suicide note recovered from the scene revealed that Pragathi was suffering from depression and had requested her parents to take care of themselves. Rajanagaram Inspector Prasanna Veerayya Gowd stated that the student's failure in exams might have led her to take this extreme step.

"We suspect...