Hyderabad, July 29 -- A 17-year-old intermediate student died by suicide by hanging on Tuesday, July 28, allegedly after being humiliated by a lecturer in front of his classmates.

The deceased has been identified as Netibottu Tarun, a resident of Kothapalli village in Gadwal rural mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal district, a student at a government junior college.

Tarun scored 434 out of 440 in his first-year Intermediate examination and secured the second rank in the district, whereas another student in his class scored 435.

According to reports, a female lecturer allegedly humiliated him by comparing his score to that of the other student, asking him if scoring 434 marks made him exceptional. She allegedly continued to question him if he tho...