Tamil Nadu man dies by suicide after being threatened by loan app 'agents'

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A 22-year-old man from Tamil Nadu's Yeriyavalur allegedly died by suicide after he was threatened by so-called agents from an online app to make his morphed nude pictures viral on the internet when he refused to pay back the exorbitant interest amount...

He had the habit of taking loans through online apps and paying them back...

But, some people, who called themselves representatives of the app, told him that he still needed to pay back the interest amount, which was exorbitant...

After missing the due date, he was made to pay additional interest and after giving back the full amount, he refused to shell out more money...

The victim said that people calling themselves representatives for the loan app began calling him and threatening him to pay the balance amount...