Manikonda: An intermediate student committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence. The incident took place in Manchirevula under the Narsingi police station on Friday.

As per reports, the victim, Sai Teja (16), left the house in the morning and didn't return. He was found hanging at their old residence by his elder sister. He was immediately rushed to a private hospital near Golkonda where he was declared dead. The police said that Sai Teja was pursuing his intermediate first year at Meluha College in Langer House. It is suspected that fear of exams might have driven him to take this drastic step.

According to the V Shiva Kumar Station House Officer (SHO), Narsingi PS, Sai Teja wrote the physics exam and returned home. And when his parents asked him to bring pots from their old house to sell. He went and did not return home. Sai Teja's sister went in search of him and found him hanging in their old house.

A case has been registered, and police are investigating based on the complaint received by Sri Ramulu, the father of the deceased. The body was shifted to Osmania Hospital for post-mortem.