Overwhelmed by anxiety after learning her bank account was allegedly used in multiple cyber fraud cases across India, a 38-year-old woman died by suicide at her residence in Thane district, police said on Thursday.
According to police, officials from the Churu Cyber Cell police station in Rajasthan visited Pandaram’s home on August 8.
Police have registered a case of accidental death and launched an investigation. The victim was identified by police as Devika Armugam Pandaram, a resident of Sairam Society in Dombivli (East). Seeking clarification, she approached the Cyber Crime Department at the Thane Police Commissionerate. Relatives rushed her to a nearby private hospital, from where she was referred to the municipal-run Shastri Nagar Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead, they added.
Officials from the Churu Cyber Cell police station in Rajasthan visited Pandaram’s home on August 8, according to police. Panic-stricken over the prospect of traveling to various states to face police questioning, Pandaram used a sharp blade to cut her wrist and throat at around 4 pm on Tuesday, police said, quoting her relatives.
Officials at the commissionerate informed her that multiple cyber fraud cases had been registered against her across several states, including Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu, said police.
