FQL app scam: Agent ends life, kin blame it on depositors
A 26-year-old man who acted as an agent for the FQL app died by suicide, leading his family to blame depositors who lost money in the financial scam. Police have arrested three individuals in connection with the fraud as investigations continue.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the human cost of financial app scams and the rising social tensions resulting from digital fraud in local communities.
Rasu, 26, of Kasampatti, who was an agent for FQL and had reportedly collected a huge sum of money from around 150 people and deposited it with the firm, ended his life on Monday.
Blaming some of the depositors, who had lost money in the app scam, for his death, the family members and relatives blocked Natham-Madurai Road on Tuesday.
Police investigations indicated that Rasu died by suicide. His mother Manju accused some of the depositors of forcibly making him end his life. “They had beaten my son to death,” she charged.
The police had a tough time bringing the body from Natham to Dindigul. Deputy Superintendent of Police Karthik deployed around 100 personnel at Government Dindigul Medical College and Hospital, where the body was taken for a post-mortem.
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