OU Student Nagesh Committed Suicide For Telangana

ADILABAD/HYDERABAD Nov-7 : Osmania University (OU) turned violent on Monday afternoon with scores of students taking out a protest rally in support of Nagesh, an MA student of Hindi department who allegedly committed suicide and he was jumped in front of a train on Monday in Manchiriyal, Adilabad district in support of Telangana cause although the varsity officials denied that it was a T-related suicide.
It sparked a violent protests on the Osmania University campus with scores of students throwing stones at police when they were prevented from taking out a condolence rally.A secondyear MA student of Hindi, Nachini Nagesh (30) of Chintaguda village in Adilabad district ended his life under the wheels of a train at Mancherial railway station earlier Monday. Police found a suicide note purportedly written by him and addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which he pleaded for a separate state of Telangana as the only solution for unemployment in the region. His parents N Shankaraiah and N Laxmibai said Nagesh used to participate in the Telangana agitation and was worried about finding a job.As news of the suicide spread on the OU campus, some 100 students gathered in front of Arts College and tried to take out a protest rally to Tarnaka. As they reached the College of Education, the police blocked them and resorted to a mild lathicharge. The mob turned violent and began raining stones on the police, injuring four cops including inspector P Ashok. Police lobbed at least 10 rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the mob. Kailash, convener of the OU Students JAC, alleged that a number of marchers were arrested.
The students fought pitched battles with paramilitary forces deployed around the campus till late in the evening at different locations on OU campus. OU-JAC has declared a campus bandh on Tuesday.

Trouble started when students took out a rally at around 3 pm from New Research Scholar Hostel (NRSH) towards Tarnaka. The rally was stopped by the police and paramilitary forces near Old PG hostel to prevent students from spilling out of the campus. While the agitating students pelted stones, the police fired tear gas shells to disperse them. The stand off between students and police lasted until late evening near A Ground, Manjeera Hostel and OU police station. While three police personnel were injured in the violence, five students who were hit by tear gas shells were treated at Durgabai Deshmukh hospital.
The paramilitary forces even entered the OU campus to control the agitating students on Monday. Students said that they will continue their protest till the state government announces an ex gratia for Nagesh's parents. Students said that Nagesh, who was also a member of OU-Joint Action Committee (OU-JAC), had gone to his hometown for Dasara vacation and had stayed there even after classes reopened. "He used to participate in all agitations that were organised on campus in support of the Telangana cause. We never expected him to kill himself as he was a very cheerful person," said one of his classmates.
OU police, however, said that the student had gone home about four months ago due to ill health. "He was undergoing treatment in one of the hospitals in the district and died on Monday. The primary investigations conducted by OU police and the police officials of Manchiriyal do not indicate that it is a suicide," said OU police officials. They added that the student had contracted jaundice three months ago and he went home to get treated. "He has not been attending classes since the past few months. The student does not have any history of depression. The university was informed in the morning that his body was found from railway tracks near his home. Even his friends seem to be shocked," said S Satyanarayana, Vice Chancellor, OU.

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M Chandra Prakash