Hyderabad student who misled family, police with false story of rape ends life

A 19-year-old pharmacy student, who had earlier this month misled the Hyderabad Police claiming that she was abducted, assaulted and raped while returning from college, ended her life on Wednesday by consuming sleeping tablets.

On February 10 evening, the girl called her mother and told her that the driver of the auto she was travelling in was moving past her stop at a high speed, despite her pleas. The police immediately swung into action after receiving a complaint from her mother.

After managing to talk to her and receiving her location on their phone, the police traced her to an isolated location in Annojiguda on Hyderabad outskirts, in a partially undressed manner. The woman, said to be in trauma at that time, was admitted to a hospital for treatment.

However, the investigation by the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate based on CCTV footage and questioning of the auto driver revealed that the woman had cooked up a story.

When confronted with the evidence, the girl, police said, confessed to making up the rape version as she wanted to leave her home because of some family issues. But due to the police involvement, she panicked and narrated a fake story.

The girl, from the Ghatkesar area near Hyderabad, was reportedly staying at her relative's house since the episode that scared the locals.

The pharmacy student was declared dead by the doctors of a local government hospital where she was rushed for treatment on Wednesday morning. Police are probing the case.