Siddipet (Telangana): A government employee died by suicide in Siddipet allegedly after being tortured and insulted by agents of a loan provider app, police said on Thursday.
According to Joel Davis, Commissioner of Police, Siddipet Police Commissionerate, K Mounika, AEO, Agriculture Department died by suicide on Monday late night after consuming pesticides at her residence here.
"The victim was rushed to a local hospital and from there she was referred to a hospital in Hyderabad for better treatment. She died during treatment on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday. Her parents alleged that Mounika was insulted by the agents of loan provider app agents by circulating her picture in WhatsApp groups showing her as a defaulter," Davis said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the India Penal Code.
(ANI)
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