The New Indian Express ·
Student found hanging from hostel window in Karnataka
DAVANGERE: A 17-year-old second-year pre-university (PU) student was found hanging from a window at the hostel where she was boarded in Davangere on Wednesday night. Her parents suspect she was murdered and her body was later hung there.
The deceased, Ranjitha, a native of Kuruvatti village in Vijayanagara district’s Hoovina Hadagali taluk, was studying at a PU college in Davangere and was staying in the hostel for nearly one-and-a-half years.
Police said the girl’s parents approached Vidyanagar police and lodged a complaint alleging that she was assaulted and murdered before her body was hung on the window. A case has been registered based on their complaint.
