A 21-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after losing money in online betting. The incident took place in Ramanthapur on Saturday, April 12. The victim, Bandla Pawan Kumar Reddy, was a BTech student at an engineering college in Ibrahimpatnam. He killed himself by hanging from a ceiling fan in a rented room in Hyderabad.

His relatives stated that he had been addicted to online gaming for a quite a while. Pawan, who lived with his elder sister Hemalatha and relative Surender Reddy, suffered financial losses, owing to which he was often reprimanded, stated a report by The New Indian Express.

On Saturday, when Surender left for college, Pawan locked himself in the room and took the extreme step. A case has been filed and an investigation is underway.

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Ten days after the incident, police traced the accused, Santosh, a resident of Tilak Nagar, who works as a cab driver for a private agency, according to the report by The New Indian Express.