Hyderabad, April 26 -- An intermediate student who attempted suicide in Ghatkesar on Thursday, April 24 as he failed three subjects, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Friday.

A Jashwanth, 17, a second-year intermediate student from a private college, upon learning the results consumed poison on April 24 as he was upset. The Ghatkesar police have registered a case and an investigation is underway.

Jashwant's is the fifth case of student suicide in Telangana post the declaration of intermediate results.

Following the declaration of intermediate results on April 22, four students died by suicide. In one case, an intermediate student allegedly died by suicide hours before the results were to be announced, fearing she wouldn't pass. Before...