Monday, June 23, 2014

India TV news anchor attempts suicide, blames seniors in her suicide note

Noida: India TV news anchor attempted to commit suicide on Sunday by consuming poison at the channel’s office in Sector 85, Noida. The anchor was immediately rushed to Kailash hospital and admitted in an ICU, her condition is now said to be stable. Sources in the channel said the 31-yr-old woman had posted a suicide note on a social networking website, in which she had named senior channel officials of betrayal and hatching a conspiracy against her. She reportedly blamed her seniors for pushing her to take the radical step. On the basis of the woman's statement, police have registered FIRs against senior channel officials at Phase II police station for instigating the suicide. According to the police, the anchor had joined the news channel a few months ago and that channel officials had informed them on Sunday morning about she suffering from depression and possibility of her taking some extreme step. The hospital authorities said that she was admitted around 11:50am on Sunday. The woman was in a disoriented state as she had consumed a heavy dose of poison. Her stomach had to be washed to discharge the poison. She is stable now but is under observation in the ICU.

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