Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) A Class 12 student died while taking his annual examination here on Saturday, shocking fellow students and teachers, officials said.

Gopi Raju (16) collapsed at the examination centre at Sri Chaitanya College in Secunderabad. He breathed his last before he could be rushed to a hospital.

A student of a government junior college in Yellareddyguda area, Gopi Raju is suspected to have died of cardiac arrest.

Over 9.63 lakh students are appearing for Intermediate (Class 11, 12) Public Examinations across Telangana.

--IANS ms/pg/mr