A 20 -year -old student in Uttar Pradesh was rescued from attempting suicide after the police quickly responded to a meta flash. The warning was launched by her contribution to Instagram showing pesticides tablets with a desperate headline and hit the officers within 16 minutes to save her life.
Since January 2023, 1,315 people have been saved in Uttar Pradesh that rescue was part of a larger ride on a warning to suicide on Facebook and Instagram.
The incident came out on 31 August when the meta sent a warning to the UP Police Center. The alert contained a post on Instagram by a university student who showed a package of pesticides marked with a suicide news.
The warning was immediately escalated to the higher officers and the CEO of the Police (DGP) Rajiv Krishna instructed Swift Action, the statement said.
Police Bareilly Police watched the student’s location using the Meta’s mobile number and plunged the team into their residence in the CB police station Ganj.
The spokesperson said that when they reached the position of the girl, vomiting was found. “Within 16 minutes of receiving the alerts, sub-insectors and women’s police staff arrived at the student’s house, where vomiting was found and in a desperate state,” the spokesman said.
The woman was granted first aid, and when her condition improved, she told the police that she had been friends with a man on Instagram and was in a relationship with him. After the fight, the man blocked her number, which sent her to depression.
The student told the police that the pesticide he consumed was purchased by her father for wheat growing.
Since 2022, UTTAR Pradesh has been introduced by a meta system to receive alerts of suicide on Facebook and Instagram.
“From January 1, 2023 to 25 August 2025, the police ate to such warnings and saved 1,315 lives,” the statement said.
(Tagstotranslate) Suicide attempt
