Delhi man saved after FB alerts suicide video

A 39-year-old man who shared a live video of harming himself on Facebook was saved by the swift intervention of Delhi Police after it was alerted by a call from an office of the social media giant thousands of kilometers away in the US, officials said on Saturday.

On Thursday night, one Shohan Lal (name changed), a resident of Dwarka in West Delhi, inflicted multiple deep cuts on his hand following an altercation with neighbours. The altercation triggered him to take the extreme step. While doing so, he live-streamed it on Facebook, a senior police officer said.

While all this was happening, at around 12.50 am, Delhi deputy commission of police, Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection, Anyesh Roy received a call alert from Facebook’s US office about a suspicious self-harm live video being posted by a Facebook user in Delhi.

The police obtained the address linked to the mobile number of the user, after which the police rushed to his home where he was on the verge of killing himself.