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Chennai’s Sathyabama University witnessed unrest on Wednesday, 22 November, after a student killed herself. Reports claimed that the woman was a first-year engineering student at the

university.

Chaos breaks out as students of #Sathyabamauniversity protest against the suicide of fellow student. @TheQuint pic.twitter.com/nr20n5AsUG

Over 300 students indulged in protests at the campus, which broke out into full blown violence and arson. Mattresses were set on fire in the hostel, and window panes smashed after news of

the  alleged suicide spread. Tamil news channel Puthiya Thalaimurai reported that a number of students were rioting, proclaiming “we want justice”. Police personnel has been deployed in and

around the campus, and the situation is currently under control.

Students who were in the hostel in which the mattresses were burnt have been sent home. Students have been told by the that the classes will be stalled till 2 January . University officials

confirm all exams postponed till reopening date.

Rangamonica was a first-year student from Andhra Pradesh. Students allege that she was caught copying in an examination, and was humiliated in front of her classmates. She was allegedly

found hanging in her hostel room.

A classmate of Rangamonica, Mahita Sree spoke to The Quint and said there were no heated arguments between the teacher and Rangamonica.

Classmate of student who allegedly committed suicide speaks up on what really happened. Trashes all trolls and rumours and clarifies there was no heated argument between the teacher and her.

#SathyabamaUniversity @TheQuint pic.twitter.com/vCdOGmSIDg

Rangamonica’s father said he has not received any official communication from the university. He demanded strict action against the college management.

The Quint reached the spot and are trying to reach out to the university authorities for their version of the events. We will be updating this section as soon as we have that.

Here are some visuals from outside the college where you can see students leaving the hostel with luggage and police personnel being deployed to take control of the situation.

Several students of #Sathyabamauniversity go home as college closes until Jan2. Semester exams have been postponed and management is working at resorting all that was damaged in yesterday's

violence.@TheQuint pic.twitter.com/UbOxQ3ilSM

Her body has reportedly been sent to Royapettah Government Hospital for postmortem.

The private university has witnessed violence in the past too over issues of restriction for students to interact with the other gender, strict dress code, curfew

(This is a developing story, and will be updated with more details)

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