Chitradurga: A 23-year-old student of Ayurveda College in Holalkere town in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district allegedly died by suicide following distress over defamatory rumours of linking her with a lecturer, police said on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Likhitha, a student of an Ayurveda college in Malladihalli. She was found hanging at her residence in Basava Layout in Holalkere town.