Person Committing Suicide While Streaming Live On Facebook – Facebook Headquarters Alerted in Time Saving the Person’s Life

Friyana Munshi

Dhule, January 5, 2021: Efforts made from the country of Ireland in Europe to Mumbai and then Dhule in India saved the life of a young man. This young man intended to commit suicide while streaming live on Facebook. The Facebook headquarters in Ireland informed the Mumbai Police that 23-year old Dnyaneshwar Patil was going to commit suicide while streaming live on Facebook. Within 50 minutes of receiving this information, the police team reached Patil’s house and rescued him. Patil was admitted to the hospital safely where he is now recuperating.

At 8:10 pm on Sunday night, Mumbai Cyber Police DCP Rashmi Karandikar received a call from the Facebook headquarters in Ireland that a young man was going to commit suicide and that he was streaming it on Facebook. The Facebook headquarters shared screenshots of the same with the police. Patil was seen crying helplessly with a razor held up to his neck. Mumbai cyber police officers took the matter very seriously and started searching for the young man’s location. The entire cyber team started gathering information about Patil. Within 20 minutes, the team was able to secure Patil’s exact location.

DCP Rashmi Karandikar stated that finding Patil’s exact location was the most important and most difficult task. She further said that they were able to secure his location within just 10 minutes and that they now had the name of Dhule’s building as well as the young man’s name. They immediately informed the senior police officers of Dhule at 8:30 pm. Dhule officials reached Patil’s house at 9 pm and rescued him. At that time, Patil’s neck was bleeding profusely. He was rescued immediately and taken to a hospital where his condition is now stable and is out of danger.

One officer said, “It was all as if we were racing against time. He had already started slitting his throat with a razor, so we had to reach him as fast as possible. Facebook has the best team for handling such cases. They immediately informed the Mumbai Police as soon as they saw it in their algorithms.”