HDFC Employee, 45, Dies In Office, Cops Probe Suspicious Circumstances

HDFC Employee, 45, Dies In Office, Cops Probe Suspicious Circumstances


New Delhi:

An HDFC financial institution worker in Lucknow died below mysterious circumstances whereas working, police mentioned. The 45-year-old fell off her chair and died immediately, based on experiences.

“Additional Deputy VP of HDFC Bank in Vibhutikhand, Sadaf Fatima (45), dies below suspicious circumstances whereas working. The panchnama (document of statement) of her physique has been stuffed, and it has been despatched for postmortem. The reason behind demise will probably be clear after the postmortem,” Vibhutikhand Assistant Commissioner of Police Radharaman Singh informed information company ANI.

According to a report in Dainik Bhaskar, her colleagues claimed that Sadaf was below work strain. The incident comes amid a nationwide debate over office strain after an Ernst and Young employee allegedly died of “overwork”.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav termed the incident “extraordinarily worrying” and a mirrored image of the nation’s present financial stress. He emphasised that this tragedy highlights the necessity for corporations and authorities departments to reassess their priorities and dealing circumstances.

“All corporations and authorities departments must assume severely on this regard. This is an irreparable lack of the nation’s human assets. Such sudden deaths deliver the working circumstances below query.” he mentioned within the put up on X (previously Twitter).  

“The actual measure of the progress of any nation shouldn’t be the rise within the figures of providers or merchandise however how mentally free, wholesome and comfortable an individual is,” he added.

Anna Sebastian, who labored at EY’s Pune workplace for round 4 months, died in July. Earlier this month, her mom Anita Augustine wrote to EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani and flagged the “glorification” of overwork on the consulting agency.

Her father claimed that the 26-year-old raised issues over work strain along with her seniors.