RAIPUR: A 19-year-old social media content creator died by suicide, live on Instagram, at her home in Janjgir Champa district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. The horror came to ligonnon Thursdayday.
At least 21 of Ankur Nath's followers watched horror horror as she hanged herself. A courthouse who lived nearby ran to her home to save butt in but in vain.
Preliminary investigation indicates she took the extreme step due to 'heartbreaking love for an officer. According to police, her parents have said that she was hooked on her phone and posted reelsostreels and videos regularly as it got her a lot of attention.
Ankur's parents, who work in Hyderabad, are in shock and unable to say anything else to the police for now, Shelivesd with her elder sister in Nawagarh town, around 150km from Raipur.
On Dec 30, she went live on Insta and soon, several of her followers joined in. They were shocked to realise she was preparing to hang herself, One of them told police that he felt helpless as he was simply a follower of her account and knew nothing about her., He is still in shock, said another of her followers said he tried calling her phone but couldn't connect.
Police said that a couple of her friends rushed to her home and found it locked from inside. They raised the alarm and called neighbours to help save her, but by the time they could enter the house and find her room, she had hanged herself, She was taken to a nearby health centre where she was declared dead.
Police are going through her mobile phone to look for clues as to why she took the extreme step.