LUCKNOW, May 29 -- A 16-year-old girl student of a private educational institute in the Gomti Nagar area was found dead under suspicious circumstances, with her body hanging from a ceiling fan inside her hostel room on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

According to officials, the incident came to light when a man approached the Gomti Nagar police station and informed officers that the daughter of his driver had died by suicide in her room at a hostel-cum-house owned by Dr Sushil Trivedi in Srijan Vihar Colony.

A police team rushed to the spot and contacted Trivedi, who told them that the girl had hanged herself from a ceiling fan around 7:30 pm on Thursday. He said people present in the house brought the body down and informed her ...