Assam: Girl posts 'gonna commit suicide', police saves her with Facebook’s help
ABP News Bureau | 26 Jul 2018 01:03 PM (IST)
The Assam Police had rescued a girl minor girl from committing suicide in Guwahati on Monday.
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Guwahati: Alerted by Facebook, the life of a girl was saved by Assam police. The girl had expressed her wish to commit suicide in a post on Facebook. The social media giant Facebook's US-based headquarter alerted the police in the nick of time and they were able to taking such an extreme step. The Assam Police, in a tweet, said "Info was received from Facebook last night that a minor girl had updated her status as- 'I am gonna to commit suicide today'. The child was located in 30 mins & her safety ensured. She & her family were counselled. She is safe and in their care," "The information was received from Facebook headquarters. A life was saved," police officials said. The post on Facebook was later deleted on police advice. In Agra this month, a man named Munna Kumar had also committed suicide while doing facebook live. (with input from agencies)