AGRA, Jan. 13 -- A 20-year-old final-year diploma student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) allegedly hanged herself on Monday night in her room at a hostel on the campus while on a video call with her father, who works in Saudi Arabia, police said.

University officials said the deceased was a student at the Women's Polytechnic, AMU, and hailed from Azamgarh district. She was alone in her hostel room as her roommate had not returned after the winter vacation. While the university reopened on Monday, the student had stayed back in the hostel during the break.

Upon being informed, police reached the hostel and sent the body for the post-mortem examination, the report of which was awaited, officials said. According to Civil Lines police s...