India, July 19 -- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday reacted to the suicide of a student in Greater Noida, saying that such incidents are discouraging for girls across the country.

"First, a female student in Odisha was forced to take her own life, and now a similar tragic incident has come to light at Sharda University in Greater Noida," Priyanka Gandhi said in a post on social media platform X.

The student's body was found in the hostel on Friday, Greater Noida ADCP Sudhir Kumar said. A day after the suicide, protests broke out in the university campus, with fellow students and the deceased's family accusing staff members of mental harassment and negligence.

Two staff members of the university have been taken into police cus...