'I give up': Engineering student found hanging in Noida hostel; health issues emerge in probe

NOIDA: A third-year student at a private engineering institute in Gautam Buddha Nagar was found hanging in his hostel room, police said. A suicide note was found in the room, which said: “I give up.

Give my body and all my belongings to my family.”The student identified as Krishnakant (25), a resident of Jharkhand and an MCA student at the Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (NIET). He was staying in the Crown Hostel with a roommate, Hrithik.

According to investigators, Hrithik told police that Krishnakant had spoken to his father earlier in the day and said something that caused concern. Alarmed, the father phoned Hrithik and asked him to check on his son immediately, fearing he might harm himself.Hrithik then requested a friend to visit the room. When the friend reached, the door was found locked from the inside, and repeated knocking went unanswered. The door latch was eventually broken open, and Krishnakant was found hanging inside the room.Police said the roommate informed them that Krishnakant had been suffering from a long-standing severe headache.The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further legal procedures are underway.