Noida, Apr 28 (PTI): Taking be aware of a social media publish, alert police in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida rushed to avoid wasting a schoolboy who posted a “suicide” message solely to search out that his act was a prank, officers mentioned Friday. The Gautam Buddh Nagar police commissionerate’s social media cell had come throughout the “suicide video” by a Class 10 scholar on Instagram and took assist from Meta, the mother or father firm of Instagram, to hint the boy’s location. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Rajeev Dixit mentioned the incident befell round 1.30 am on April 26.Â
“The local Phase 2 police station was alerted by Gautam Buddh Nagar police headquarters about a boy putting a suicide video. The Meta headquarters helped in tracing the location of the boy,” Dixit mentioned.
“On getting the inputs, the local police immediately reached the spot and found the boy. However, it turned out that the boy, who had posted a video of him consuming the liquid of All Out (mosquito repellent) but in reality he had consumed water which he had filled in an empty All Out vaporizer,” the police officer mentioned.
When the police interacted with the boy, he instructed them he had achieved this to get extra viewers on social media, Dixit mentioned. As per the principles, the boy was despatched for a medical examination and later handed over to his household after counselling, he mentioned. “His family members have been urged to ensure continued counselling of the boy,” he mentioned.
While the incident turned out to be a prank, there have been episodes previously through which the police have been in a position to make well timed intervention in possible suicide instances on the premise of social media monitoring.
A current instance in Noida was seen on March 18, when the police saved a 20-year-old man who had posted an image on Instagram that confirmed a noose together with caption “everything will get over”.
In March 2022, UP police entered into settlement with Meta, the mother or father firm of Facebook and Instagram, on real-time sharing data linked to social media posts associated to suicide or self hurt.
“If any person posts something related to suicide or self-harm on Facebook or Instagram, then Meta headquarters in USA immediately sends an alert to the social media centre of PHQ UP Police through phone and email,” a senior officer instructed PTI in February, recounting how the settlement has helped save a number of lives.
