Noida: A 21-year-old MCA student was found hanging at his rented accommodation in Greater Noida’s Alpha 2, police said Thursday.The deceased, a native of Kasganj, had moved to Alpha 2 around a month ago and had enrolled in an online MCA course. Police said no suicide note was found in the room.According to police, the student had spoken to a relative on the phone a few hours before his death and expressed thoughts of suicide. After the relative informed his family, his mother also spoke to him and tried to counsel him. However, his family later lost contact with him.On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when repeated calls to the student went unanswered, his mother contacted a relative who lived in the neighbourhood and asked them to check on him. The relative reached the accommodation and found him hanging.Police said the student had been under emotional distress following two deaths in his family within a short period. His aunt had died of health-related complications around a month ago. Soon after, his 18-year-old younger brother, who was reportedly deeply attached to his aunt, also died by suicide in Kasganj.Vinod Kumar, station house officer of Beta 2 police station, said the family had sent him to Greater Noida hoping that a change of environment would help him cope with the situation. Police said the family members told investigators that the student’s mother had counselled him after learning that he was having suicidal thoughts.The body was sent for a post-mortem examination. Police said further proceedings were being carried out based on the available information and statements of the family members.
