PURNEA, Dec. 17 -- A 19-year-old girl student pursuing a first-semester B Tech (Computer Science) course at Government Engineering College allegedly died by suicide in a private hostel in Purnea on Tuesday, police said.

The deceased, a native of Darbhanga district, was found hanging in her paying guest (PG) hostel room at Shastri Nagar locality under Maranga police station limits.

Speaking to HT over the phone, Maranga police station Station House Officer (SHO) Rupak Ranjan Singh said police recovered a one-line suicide note in which the student reportedly wrote that she did not want to live. "A case of unnatural death has been registered and further investigation is underway," he said.

The SHO added that police were probing the case f...