IITian from Andhra Pradesh committed suicide in Chennai

(Siasat News)Barely two weeks after she joined college, Manasa Merugu (21), a first-year M.Tech student of IIT Madras, from Andhra Pradesh committed suicide in her hostel room on campus on Tuesday afternoon.

Chennai police said that family problems led her to take the extreme step and she had already married to Srinivasa Minisala, who is a software Engineer in Hyderabad without her parent knowledge. When informed this to her uncle, he got shocked. Police said that this information is also given to her husband who is on the way to Chennai.

Manasa’s father S. Rajesam who is a carpenter by profession also left to Chennai. He said that Manasa had been a bright student, in B.Tech she got a seat in JNTU and in M.Tech she got in IIT Madras.

He said that the reason of this extreme step might be psychological problem. He also added “This is all my karma that I will have to see her dead body tomorrow”

—-Siasat News