Chennai: A student of Tamilnadu Horticulture Institute committed suicide in a hostel at Madhavaram Thursday.
According to the police, Senmagadevi (17), a native of Cuddalore, was a first-year student. She lived in a hostel at Milk Colony, sharing her room with three other students.
On Thursday, she told her friends that she was unwell and stayed back in the hostel. When the other girls returned in the evening after attending the class, they found her hanging.
Her body was sent to Government Stanley Hospital for postmortem.
Madhavaram inspector Kannan is investigating the case.