18-yr-old ends life over unrequited love in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: An 18-year-old boy studying in college ended his life by suicide over unrequited love in Coimbatore on Thursday (August 6) night.

The deceased, S Pranav Padmadev from Dindigul, was studying second-year engineering at a private college in Coimbatore, staying in a room with friends in Kuniamuthur.

He was in a one-sided love with a girl studying in the same college. On Thursday (August 6) night, he hanged himself while alone in the room. His shocked friends rushed him to a nearby hospital; however, he died by then.

In an Instagram post, Pranav claimed to have taken the extreme step as he couldn’t succeed in his love. The Kuniamuthur police have registered a case.

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