Overview
- An alert arrived around 12:45 pm on August 31 after an Instagram post showed pesticide tablets with a suicidal caption, according to Uttar Pradesh Police.
- The notification was routed to the state police social media centre and escalated to senior officers, with DGP Rajiv Krishna directing immediate action.
- Using a mobile number shared by Meta, Bareilly police traced the user to a CB Ganj residence and reached within minutes, finding the 20-year-old vomiting and distressed.
- Officers provided first aid, and the student later told police she had a dispute with an Instagram acquaintance and ingested pesticide kept for wheat crops.
- UP Police say their Meta-linked alert system has operated since 2022 and has prompted interventions credited with saving 1,315 people from January 1, 2023 to August 25, 2025.