Odisha: Infosys Engineer ends life after losing money in online gambling

Balasore: Greed to make quick bucks cost a young System Engineer of his life in Odisha. The System Engineer, Soumitra Nandy aged 27 allegedly died by suicide after reportedly losing money in online gambling. He hailed from Ambiliatha village under Jaleswar block and was working with Infosys, Bengaluru.

Family members of the deceased said Soumitra was working from home since December 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. On March 11, 2022, one of the friends of Soumitra lodged police complaint at Jaleswar Police Station accusing him of dillydallying to return the money that he took from the complainant.

As per reports, the Jaleswar police summoned Soumitra on basis of the complaint and took his mobile phone and laptop. Soumitra took around Rs 50 lakh loans from different people for online gambling. In another case, Soumitra’s father paid back around Rs 20 lakh loan amount to one of the young engineer’s friends after selling a patch of land.

Family members of Soumitra said since his appearance before the police, the youth was quite disturbed and consumed pesticide Tuesday morning. He was rushed to the Jaleswar Hospital and later referred to the Balasore district headquarters hospital. When his condition deteriorated, Soumitra was shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where he died during treatment last night.

They held Soumitra’s friends responsible who loaned him and later blackmailed.

Soumitra wrote two notes addressing his parents and one of his close relatives before consuming the pesticide.