Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Krishnakant, 25, a native of Jharkhand studying at Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology.
- Inspector Sarvesh Kumar Singh said a note in the room read, "I give up. Give my body and all my belongings to my family."
- He lived in Crown Hostel with a roommate, Hrithik, who reported that Krishnakant had long suffered from persistent headaches.
- After a call from Krishnakant to his father left him alarmed, the father asked the roommate to check; the door was found locked from inside, the latch was broken, and he was found hanging.
- Coverage differs on his year of study, with some reports calling him a third-year student and others a second-year MCA student, as police continue their inquiry.