KARIMNAGAR, NOVEMBER 03, 2026: A man from Mancherial town was arrested by the Karimnagar police on Monday evening on charges of duping and abetting suicide by an LLB second-year student at Satavahana University.
Kothapalli Inspector B Koteshwar said Gajjala Harikrishna, a resident of Srirampur colony in Mancherial district, had befriended Dekkalio Chandrakala (30) from Shadnagar of Ranga Reddy district at a computer training centre, and both fell in love. Promising to marry her, the accused had sexually exploited her under the guise of love. After some days, he avoided Chandrakala when she pressured him to marry her. She ended her life while speaking to him over the phone at her hostel in Satavahana University on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, SU Vice-Chancellor Prof Umesh Kumar and Registrar Prof Sathish Kumar extended financial aid of Rs 1.50 lakh to Chandrakala’s family on humanitarian grounds. They added that additional monetary assistance of Rs 2 lakh would be given to the family on behalf of the varsity soon, alongside offering an outsourced job to one of the family members.
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