HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old degree final year student, who returned to his native place, Galipalli village in Rajanna-Siricilla district, from Hyderabad 12 days ago, allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at his residence on Friday.
Though his family claimed he might have taken the extreme step due to harassment from instant loan app executives, police were yet to find any evidence. If the victim — M Pavan Kalyan Reddy — is found to have killed himself due to the alleged harassment, then the death toll due to loan app harassment would rise to six in the state.
On Saturday, Ellanthakunta police met Kalyan’s family members to gather more information about the harassment as claimed by the family in their complaint.
“In the first week of December, Pavan’s cousin received a message on her phone that he had taken a loan from an app and was to due to pay Rs 3,392. The cousin was one of Pavan’s references when he applied for a loan. His family said none of them had got any calls from app representatives,” Ellanthakunta sub-inspector Rafeeq told STOI.
Police said the youngster’s phone has been sent to a forensic laboratory for analysis as it has a password and fingerprint protection.
Pavan’s family has no financial problems and he never told them that he was being harassed. It was only after Pavan’s cousin alerted his family that they found out about his loan.
“In the complaint, Pavan’s family alleged that he took his life after instant loan app executives harassed him to repay. He, however, did not leave any suicide note,” Rafeeq said. Police were yet to ascertain what Pavan did with the money.
Police said that only after accessing apps used by Pavan could they know how much money he borrowed and how much he owed, apart from finding out if he was being harassed by recovery agents. Though Pavan was a native of Siricilla, his stayed in Dilsukhnagar to pursue studies.