When residents of Greater Noida West found a 25-year-old MBA student having died by suicide by leaping from the 13th floor of a high-rise building late Monday night, it was shocking because local authorities reported an unexpected emergency.

The tragedy apparently occurred while the young woman’s parents slept in their apartment according to police. There was no suicide note found during the scene, officials added, but preliminary investigations say she was struggling with depression after the end of a close friendship.

Assistant Police Commissioner Pawan Kumar said the woman had previously twice attempted suicide at the college where she was studying for an MBA. According to reports, after those incidents the college administration requested her to return home and did not permit her to continue on campus.

 “Based on preliminary data, she was placed in the throes of extreme emotional distress following the termination of a friendship,” Kumar said.

 The tragic discovery was made by a security guard on patrol at the residential complex. He saw the woman lying immobile in a pool of blood and immediately notified society leadership and law enforcement. He contacted the 112 emergency helpline with information in the first place.

After transmitting her photo to the community, authorities located her apartment in the building. 

Investigators later discovered a stool and her slippers in a corridor on the 13th floor near her flat, implying she had departed the floor at night before leaping.

 A mobile phone was found inside the apartment, which is being confiscated as part of the investigation.

The woman lived with her parents in the high-rise apartment, and her brother works in Gurugram, Haryana, police confirmed. On Tuesday a post-mortem analysis was made and all matters under investigation. Authorities are still studying the surrounding circumstances related to the tragic incident.

These conversations on mental health within and around students and young professionals in the face of the event have raised the matter and raised a moral high cry for emotional support and awareness of the case.