27 March 2012 : A daylong shutdown began across Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region on Tuesday following a call by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the central government’s insensitivity 
towards the demand for a separate state, which is driving youth to commit suicide.
Shops and business establishments remained closed in most parts of Telangana, which comprises 10 districts including Hyderabad.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses were plying as usual as the TRS has exempted the bus transport service from the shutdown in view of the ongoing Class 10 examination.
While the shutdown evoked a mixed response in Hyderabad, it was total in most parts of the other nine districts.
In Warangal district, where two people committed suicide to protest the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, the shutdown is total. Autorickshaws remained off the roads in the entire district to protest the self-immolation of auto driver Rajamouli in Hanamkonda town Monday. An MBA student had committed suicide in Warangal town Saturday.
A daily wage earner also set himself on fire in Wanaparthy town of Mahabubnagar district Monday, but escaped with injuries.
The shutdown is being supported by the Telangana Joint Action Committee, Telangana leaders of Congress, Telugu Desam Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Osmania University Joint Action Committee and other groups.
The suicides have put Telangana on the boil again. By calling for a shutdown, the TRS is trying to revive the Telangana movement, which received some fillip with the party’s victory in by-elections to six assembly
T Yadagiri (24), a native of Rayalapur village in Rangareddy district, left his residence on Tuesday afternoon but did not return home.
His body was found hanging from a tree at Imampur village of Toopran mandal in Medak district on Wednesday morning.
Police said he recorded his dying declaration in his cell phone and placed it under the tree along with a letter urging the police to listen to the recording.
Yadagiri lost his father when he was young and since then living with his maternal uncle Ravi at Rayalapur village.
According to the police, Yadagiri is an active participant in agitations for separate Telangana state.
He was learning autorickshaw driving when he took the extreme step.
In the cell phone recording, he said he was dejected over the delay in the formation of separate Telangana state and held no one responsible for his suicide.
He reportedly urged police not to blame his family members for his extreme step.
His voice was recognised by friends and relatives.
Later, the body was handed over to his mother Lakshmi.
In another incident, scrap merchant K Uppalaiah (30) attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze in Warangal Uppalaiah, who belongs to Gopalnagar village in Bachannapeta mandal, sustained 50 percent burns and told mediapersons that the remarks made by Congress leaders, particularly chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, on suicides by Telangana youth hurt him deeply.
He wanted to prove through his sacrifice that all the suicides were genuine, he said.
His family members told police that Uppalaiah came home on Tuesday night, but went to the neighbour’s house to watch news.
Later, he returned home, poured kerosene on himself and attempted self-immolation raising ‘Jai Telangana’ slogan.
Neighbours and family members doused the fire with water and rushed him to hospital.
He was shifted to Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad for further treatment and his condition is said to be critical.
Meanwhile, the condition of N Pallavi who tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze in Karimnagar district on Tuesday night for separate Telangana, continues to be critical.
She has been shifted to Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad.
towards the demand for a separate state, which is driving youth to commit suicide.Shops and business establishments remained closed in most parts of Telangana, which comprises 10 districts including Hyderabad.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses were plying as usual as the TRS has exempted the bus transport service from the shutdown in view of the ongoing Class 10 examination.
While the shutdown evoked a mixed response in Hyderabad, it was total in most parts of the other nine districts.
In Warangal district, where two people committed suicide to protest the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, the shutdown is total. Autorickshaws remained off the roads in the entire district to protest the self-immolation of auto driver Rajamouli in Hanamkonda town Monday. An MBA student had committed suicide in Warangal town Saturday.
A daily wage earner also set himself on fire in Wanaparthy town of Mahabubnagar district Monday, but escaped with injuries.
The shutdown is being supported by the Telangana Joint Action Committee, Telangana leaders of Congress, Telugu Desam Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Osmania University Joint Action Committee and other groups.
The suicides have put Telangana on the boil again. By calling for a shutdown, the TRS is trying to revive the Telangana movement, which received some fillip with the party’s victory in by-elections to six assembly
March 31:
The revived Telangana statehood agitation has taken a new turn with a spate of suicides being reported from across the region despite political parties pleading with the youth not to resort to such a drastic step.
In the latest instance, a tribal youth attempted suicide in Nalgonda district, while another youth in the city succumbed to burns yesterday after battling for life for three days. In all as many as five incidents of suicide have been reported during the week.
S Srikanth of NTR Nagar in Hyderabad, who set himself ablaze on Wednesday last, died at the Osmania Hospital here while the tribal youth, Suresh, a truck driver, attempted to commit suicide by dousing with kerosene and setting himself afire in his house at Bandavath Thanda of Kondrapaka village in Damacherla mandal of Nalgonda district yesterday. He raised slogans in favour of Telangana while torching himself. Though people around him doused the flames, he suffered 40 per cent burns and was currently undergoing treatment in Miryalaguda town. His condition was stated to be stable.
With the death of Srikanth, four people including one from Medak district and two from Warangal, had sacrificed their lives for the separate statehood during the last few days.
April 01: Barely a week after an MBA student from Warangal in Andhra Pradesh ended his life over separate Telangana state, a 23-year-old youth from the district has allegedly committed suicide over “inaction” on part of politicians from the region in pursuing the cause, sources said on Sunday.
L. Nagaraju of Seethampet village under Mutharam police station limits, jumped to death before a moving train from a railway overbridge last night at Peddapalli, 35km from here, family members said.
“Nagaraju was upset over the inaction on part of political leaders from Telangana region in carving out the separate state. He had expressed his anguish on many occasions. Last morning he left the house in a huff. We got a call from his mobile phone in the night, saying he was going to end his life for Telangana,” they said.
Meanwhile, Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered a case of suicide into the incident.
“We have registered a case of suicide and are investigating the matter,” Ramkundam Station House Officer (SHO) Sambaiah told PTI without elaborating further.
According to sources, the FIR registered by the GRP is silent on the cause of Nagaraju’s death.
SANGAREDDY-WARANGAL: Yet another youth committed suicide for Telangana statehood in Medak district on Wednesday, while two others are battling for life with severe burns following self immolation attempts.T Yadagiri (24), a native of Rayalapur village in Rangareddy district, left his residence on Tuesday afternoon but did not return home.
His body was found hanging from a tree at Imampur village of Toopran mandal in Medak district on Wednesday morning.
Police said he recorded his dying declaration in his cell phone and placed it under the tree along with a letter urging the police to listen to the recording.
Yadagiri lost his father when he was young and since then living with his maternal uncle Ravi at Rayalapur village.
According to the police, Yadagiri is an active participant in agitations for separate Telangana state.
He was learning autorickshaw driving when he took the extreme step.
In the cell phone recording, he said he was dejected over the delay in the formation of separate Telangana state and held no one responsible for his suicide.
He reportedly urged police not to blame his family members for his extreme step.
His voice was recognised by friends and relatives.
Later, the body was handed over to his mother Lakshmi.
In another incident, scrap merchant K Uppalaiah (30) attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze in Warangal Uppalaiah, who belongs to Gopalnagar village in Bachannapeta mandal, sustained 50 percent burns and told mediapersons that the remarks made by Congress leaders, particularly chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, on suicides by Telangana youth hurt him deeply.
He wanted to prove through his sacrifice that all the suicides were genuine, he said.
His family members told police that Uppalaiah came home on Tuesday night, but went to the neighbour’s house to watch news.
Later, he returned home, poured kerosene on himself and attempted self-immolation raising ‘Jai Telangana’ slogan.
Neighbours and family members doused the fire with water and rushed him to hospital.
He was shifted to Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad for further treatment and his condition is said to be critical.
Meanwhile, the condition of N Pallavi who tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze in Karimnagar district on Tuesday night for separate Telangana, continues to be critical.
She has been shifted to Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad.
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