Social media pro’s suicide: FIR lodged against two colleagues

LUCKNOW: Three days after the suicide of a 27-year-old social media professional, the Lucknow police registered an FIR against his two office colleagues for abetting it, on Saturday, at the Indira Nagar police station, senior police officials said.

The victim, who was working for a private social media agency attached with a government department, hung himself at his house under the Indira Nagar police station limits, on May 19. He reportedly posted the suicide note on a social media platform before taking the extreme step.

In the note, he alleged harassment by two seniors. The social media post of the suicide note was later deleted.

According to a tweet by the Lucknow police, the FIR under Indian Penal Code section 306 for abetment of suicide has been registered against the victim’s colleagues after receiving the complaint from his father on Saturday. The Lucknow police officials said the victim’s family members were accusing the police for not initiating action but they themselves did not give a written complaint despite being approached after they made allegations to a news channel.

They said the FIR was registered as soon as the victim’s father handed over the written complaint in the matter. They said the post-mortem examination of the victim had already been done in which the doctors had mentioned his death due to hanging. Inspector of Indira Nagar police station, Ajai Prakash Tripathi, said that the victim’s father had also handed over the original copy of the suicide note in which his son accused two seniors in office, Pusphendra Singh and Shailja, were harassing him.

He said that the two accused will soon be called to record their statements to authenticate the genuineness of the victim’s allegations.