Satavahana varsity LLB student’s suicide: Man from Mancherial arrested on abetment charges

Karimnagar: A man from Mancherial was arrested on charges of duping an LLB second-year at Satavahana University student and abetting her suicide on the campus, on Monday evening.

Kothapalli Inspector B Kotesh said that Harikrishna from Srirampur had befriended Dekkali Chandrakala (30) from Shadnagar and later refused to marry her after sexually exploiting her under the guise of love. Chandrakala died by hanging in her hostel room on Sunday.

Police further said that Harikrishna came into contact with Chandrakala at a computer training centre in 2024. The two later fell in love and had a physical relationship. However, he was avoiding Chandrakala ever since she had been pressuring him to marry her. She ended her life while speaking to him over the phone.

Meanwhile, the SU Vice-Chancellor Prof Umesh Kumar and Registrar Prof Sathish Kumar extended a financial aid of Rs 1.50 lakh to the family of Chandrakala on humanitarian grounds. They said that additional financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh would also be given to the family on behalf of the varsity soon, besides offering a job on an outsourced basis to one of the family members.