Noida (UP), Sep 16 (PTI) Bodies of a man and a woman were found on Wednesday in separate incidents of suspected suicides, police said.

The 40-year-old man's body was found hanging from a tree near Hindon river in Phase 2 police station area, they said.

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"The deceased's brother told the police that he was having mental health issues from past some time and that drove him to take the extreme step," a local police official said.

In the other case, the body of a 32-year-old woman was found hanging from a fan at her rented accommodation in Kulesara village, which comes under the jurisdiction of Ecotech 3 police station, police said.

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"The body was spotted by her brother-in-law who had returned from his home in Bihar this morning and reached the home. After getting no response for a long time, he peeped inside through a window and saw the body hanging from a fan," according to a local policeman.

The brother-in-law said he had gone home to Bihar amid the lockdown that was placed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the woman returned to Noida one day ago from her hometown in Asansol, West Bengal, the official said.

The woman had lost her husband last year in a road accident and has been slightly depressed ever since, the policeman said.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem and further proceedings are being carried out, police added.

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