Students of a State government-run welfare college in Nagarkurnool district staged a protest on Friday alleging harassment by two teachers after learning that an Intermediate first-year student had died by suicide four days earlier in his home village.
The student, Bharat, was pursuing CEC first year at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule College on Sripuram Road which is under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society. He died by suicide at his residence in Balmoor on September 14.
No complaint was lodged with the police following his death and his final rites were subsequently completed.
However, when students came to the college on Friday and learnt about Bharat’s death, they raised allegations against two teachers, Prabhakar and Shankar Reddy, accusing them of harassing students.
The students gathered on the road outside the college around 3 p.m. and staged a protest over the allegations. Police intervened and brought the protest under control, assuring them that the allegations will be looked into
Officials of the BC Welfare Department also met the students and have taken a representation on the matter and departmental action is expected to be initiated against the two teachers based on the allegations. Nagarkurnool police have not received a complaint in connection with the allegations so far.
(Roshini suicide prevention helpline numbers: 8142020033/44 and 040 66202000/2001.)
Published – September 18, 2026 07:55 pm IST
