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Noida: Model found hanging, was 'distressed', say police

Noida: A 22-year-old model allegedly committed suicide in his flat in Sector 68, police said on Wednesday.

Rahul Lodh was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his bedroom on Tuesday night. Police said Rahul took the extreme step when he was alone at home, possibly because he was distressed over an affair.

Originally from Jharkhand, Rahul had been staying in the city for the past five years. Rahul was associated with a modelling agency in New Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar, and had acted in short films and advertisements. Phase III station house officer Amit Singh told TOI, “So far, the information we have gathered is that the man was possibly in a relationship with a woman and the latter did not reciprocate. We are investigating the matter.”

In another incident, a 26-year-old woman, identified as Pooja, was found hanging in her rented accommodation in Sector 73 on Tuesday morning. “The woman is a mother of four children. While her husband stays in Bihar, she was in a live-in-relationship with a truck driver in Noida. Her partner was not at home when she ended her life,” said Sector 49 station officer Dharmendra Sharma.

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