In a tragic incident on Monday, an engineering student in Hyderabad has been burnt alive by unidentified people.
According to police Shiva Mahesh Kumar, a B Tech first year student of Abhinav Hi-tech College of Engineering in Moinabad in Himayath Sagar area was allegedly set on fire in front of the college.
Shiva who sustained 90-per cent burns after he was allegedly set on fire by fellow students is battling for his life at Osmania General Hospital.
The exact reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained, the police said. The police have seized the victim’s cell phone and are acquiring all call data record.
“His friends suspect that the fellow students must have committed this atrocity” the police said. While some of the students who had been close to Mahesh claimed that he might have taken the step after being denied hall ticket for the semester exams of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU).
Police did not rule out love angle and suicide attempt in the case. Shiva who hails from Bhootpur in Mahbubnagar district initially joined Vignan Jyothi College but later moved to Abhinav College without his parents’ consent.