Noida, Jan 20 (IANS) A software engineer, who was apparently upset over his love life, committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his bedroom at Noida in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.

The police said that Kunal Verma, working with a software firm, hanged himself at his sector-71 residence Tuesday night.

The younger brother of the deceased, Avinash, told the police that Kunal was upset after visiting his girl-friend in Agra three days back.

On Tuesday night, Kunal bolted his room from inside and hanged himself. When Avinash failed to get the door open, he called the police.

'The police seized the dead body and sent it for post-mortem,' said SP City AK Tripathi.