India, July 31 -- A 19-year-old B.Tech student allegedly hanged herself to death at her home in Greater Noida on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday, adding that they did not recover any suicide note.

The victim's family said that the engineering student was upset after being caught cheating in an exam on July 9, said officers.

The deceased, a second-year student at a private college in the Knowledge Park 2 area of Greater Noida, resided with her family in Sigma 4 locality, they added.

"On Tuesday, around 11pm, police were informed on the emergency helpline number 112 that a woman had hanged herself at her home. By the time we arrived, her family had taken her down," said station house officer (Beta 2 police station) Vinod Kumar. ...