Maha police save teen about to end life in Bengal

Soumitra Bose | TNN | May 25, 2020, 04:35 IST

Nagpur: A 19-year-old student of Kalyani University was on the verge ending her life at her residence at Barrackpore near Kolkata when Maharashtra cyber intelligence and analytical cell in Mumbai spotted her suicide note on social media and immediately alerted it’s West Bengal counterpart on Saturday.
Blissfully unaware of what the teenager was planning inside the bedroom, the family was shocked when the local cops landed at the residence. The girl was counselled by the police who had managed to trace the location of the girl with the help of Maharashtra police cyber security cell.
Within an hour of the girl posting her suicide note on social media, the college girl from Barrackpore was saved in whisker of time.
Special IG, Maharashtra cyber security cell Yashasvi Yadav said the suicide note was detected by special software and spotted by his team. “We took 20 minutes to trace the girl and her address. Our team located the Barrackpore cyber cell experts and urged them to rush,” he said.
Yadav has announced a reward of Rs50,000 to his team and appreciation letter to Barrackpore police. “We had sent her details to sub-inspector Satyajeet Mondal, who took it up from there. The girl’s life was saved at the last moment,” said the special IG.
The teenager, apparently miffed at parents, had posted her suicide note on social media mentioning that she was being ‘backstabbed’ by many and her family members had been accusing her of being morally degraded which she was not.
The suicide note, which ends with a good bye, underlined the depressed state of mind of the teenager who also appeals to the society not to judge someone who is already heartbroken and has none to look forward to help. She also states that her stepmother has been rude and harsh with her.
Joint CP, Barrackpore, Ajay Thakur, said the girl was disappointed after her parents had chided her for excessive use of Internet among other things. “We had alerted our women police staffers who along with others had counselled the family,” he said.