Graduate commits ‘suicide’ for Telangana

HYDERABAD: A day after celebrating the victory of the TRS-BJP combine in the just-concluded byelections, Osmania University woke up to the shocking death of an engineering graduate on its campus on Saturday. Tension prevailed in the varsity and its vicinity as students and Telangana activists took out a procession with the body to the martyrs' memorial near the Assembly and the police tried hard to prevent a massive gathering.





A B.Tech (electronics and communications) graduate from Scient college at Ibrahimpatnam, P Eshan Reddy, (21) allegedly "sacrificed" himself for the cause of a separate Telangana near the OU library in the wee hours. In a suicide note, purportedly written by him, he said: "I promised to Maisamma Talli (a local deity in Telangana) that if DS (PCC chief D Srinivas) loses (the election), I will sacrifice myself to the Talli. I am proud to do this.'' Eshan Reddy's charred body was found on a bushy path adjacent to the library around 6 a.m. In the note, nine Congress and TDP leaders were branded as cheats and the Joint Action Committee of the OU students was asked to either kill or ostracise them.



Eshan Reddy was a native of Basanthpur village in Nylakal mandal, Medak district.



The note further carried a wish that his body be taken in a procession to the martyrs' memorial. Following a petition by Prof Gali Vinod Kumar, the State Human Rights Commission directed the police to grant permission for the procession but with a rider that only 100 people be allowed to take part in it.



TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao, BJP senior leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao and Telangana Political JAC convenor Prof Kodandaram visited the campus and took part in the procession. Chandrasekhara Rao and Vidyasagar Rao broke down upon seeing the dead body. Despite the SHRC directive, scores of students and Telangana activists participated in the procession.



Later, Eshan Reddy's body was sent to his native village.
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