Greater Noida: First-year student found dead at varsity hostel

GREATER NOIDA: The body of a first year student of sociology was found hanging from the ceiling fan at her hostel room in Sharda University on Monday, police said.
A suicide note was not found, but police suspect the 19-year-old student of BA (Hons) suffered from depression due to family issues.
“The incident took place around 7.45pm at the Mandela hostel of the Sharda University.But we got to know about it from a hospital memo around 10.40pm on Monday night,” Vinod Kumar, SHO of Knowledge Park police station, said on Tuesday.
Police said several friends had been trying to call Likha Jernim — who belonged to Arunachal Pradesh — since early evening, but she didn’t respond. They also went up to her hostel room, but it was locked from the inside.
“After several attempts of knocking on the door and calling her, one of her friends went to the adjoining room and entered her room. The friend found Jernim hanging from the ceiling fan of the room. Her friends untied her and rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead,” Kumar said.
During the investigation, police said, they found that Jermin suffered from depression due to family issues. Police informed her family members, who have reached Noida to take her last remains back home.
“The family has not raised any foul play. The body will be handed over to them after the post-mortem,” the SHO said.