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India: Facebook, police rescue man who tried to slit his throat live

Mumbai - Ireland Facebook Headquarters was closely monitoring every activity of the man following which the Mumbai Police was immediately contacted by the team.

With the help of Facebook Ireland Headquarters, Mumbai Police Cyber Cell and Dhule Police saved the life of a 23-year-old man who was trying to die by slitting his throat on Facebook Live video, said Mumbai Police.

After receiving an alert from the Facebook Ireland Headquarters, Mumbai Police Cyber Cell DCP Rashmi Karandikar and her team saved the life of the man when he was repeatedly slitting his throat with a blade on Facebook Live, claiming that he is really stressed.

The incident occurred on Sunday at 8pm in a society located in Dhule.

Ireland Facebook Headquarters was closely monitoring every activity of this man following which the Mumbai Police was immediately contacted by the Facebook team, said Mumbai Police.

Later, the Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police saved his life with the help of Dhule Police.

The Facebook Ireland Headquarters called up Mumbai Police Cyber Cell at 8.10pm on Sunday following which his pinpoint location was traced. In the meantime, Nashik Range Inspector General (IG) Pratap Dighawakar and Dhule Superintenent of Police (SP), Chinmay Pandit were also informed about the incident.

The location was tracked at 9pm and the man was immediately rescued by the police. He was later taken to the hospital.