A 19-year-old B.Tech student, Paruchuri Pragathi, took her own life by hanging herself from a clothesline in her hostel room at GIET Engineering College in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, on June 3, 2025. According to the police, Pragathi was found dead in her hostel room after she reportedly failed four out of seven subjects in her recent semester exams.