India, Sept. 9 -- A 22-year-old MBA student from Andhra Pradesh was allegedly found dead with a gunshot injury to his head, while his friend was critically injured inside a locked hostel room of a private management and technology institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park 3 on Tuesday morning, police said. Police were yet to ascertain who pulled the trigger.

The incident came to light after a security guard went to the hostel to switch off the lights and heard cries from the locked room. Police said the guard tried to open the door, but it was locked from the inside. "The guard immediately alerted the warden and went to the second floor to peek into the room from the balcony. They spotted the two students lying in a pool of blood," sai...