Offered lower salary than peers, Karimnagar boy ends life in NIT-Patna

HYDERABAD: A 22-year-old Telugu student of National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Patna committed suicide by hanging himself to the ceiling after reportedly being disappointed over a package offered by a reputed company during campus selections on Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as T Surender(22), a native of Karimnagar district. Recently, Surender had appeared for campus interviews and was selected for a reputed company.

However, the employer offered low salary package to him as compared to his friends who secured good package. Upset over the incident, Surender committed suicide by hanging himself to ceiling. The staff knocked the door to serve lunch but there was no response. The staff alerted local police who visited the place and found Surender hanging. A case of suspicious death has been registered.

Telugu students assaulted by locals at NIT-Imphal
A day after it was reported that several students at NIT-Imphal, hailing from Bihar, were assaulted by locals, it has emerged that several students hailing from the two Telugu speaking states, were also among those who were roughed up, on Sunday.

While Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has communicated with Manipur CM N Biren Singh and sought his support, Telugu students at NIT have reached out to media here. A senior official in Manipur government said that a few Manipuri students were playing football and at another part of the same ground some students hailing from other parts of the country were playing cricket. Arguments erupted between two groups over some petty issues and this led to fisticuffs. On their way back to hostel they were reportedly roughed up by local students.

After the incident, students hailing from other parts of the country approached registrar of NIT-Imphal with a complaint. However, allegedly upon not receiving a positive response from him, students gheraod the registrar. This was allegedly followed by the students damaging four vehicles including a police vehicle. Two persons, including a sub-inspector were injured in stone pelting, said the official.