Noida, Nov 8 (PTI) The body of a 28-year-old married woman was found inside her house in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Monday in a case of suspected suicide, police said.

The woman's body was found hanging from a noose inside the house in Jewar area, they said.

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“The woman had been married for eight years. The couple has two children,” a police spokesperson said.

The reason behind her taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, police said, adding further legal proceedings are being carried out.

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India witnessed 1.53 lakh suicide deaths in 2020, with "family problems" contributing 33.6 per cent and "marriage-related problems" adding 5 per cent of the total fatalities, according to government data.

However, the World Health Organization (WHO) says suicides are preventable with timely, evidence-based and often low-cost interventions.

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