Hyderabad: A 31-year-old police constable allegedly died by suicide after loan app operators threatened to circulate morphed nude photographs of him and his wife among their family members and villagers over an outstanding loan of Rs 40,000 under Pahadishareef police station limits.
According to the Police, The deceased, Mudavath Srinu, resident of Harshaguda village was working with the Kondapur battalion and He got married a year ago and had borrowed the amount through a mobile loan app around four months ago.
According to Pahadishareef Inspector Lakshmi Narayana Reddy, Srinu allegedly faced repeated harassment after failing to repay the loan on time. During the Diwali holidays, the loan app operators allegedly made repeated phone calls to him reportedly every hour, demanding immediate repayment and allegedly threatened to circulate morphed nude photographs of the couple among their family members and villagers. They also reportedly threatened to harm him.
Distressed by the harassment, Srinu allegedly died by suicide at his residence on Monday morning he reportedly used a saree to hang.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the alleged harassment by the loan operators and threats made to his family and constable.