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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahamednishadh" data-source="post: 2699877" data-attributes="member: 4368">Another IT suicide: stress again?Engineer hangs himself in forest, days after overworked techie jumped off buildingCity-based techies seem to be finding it difficult to cope with pressure at the workplace, though techies said there was untoward pressure that could be associated with the IT industry, per se.Sarojkumar Bramhanand Nayak, a 26-year-old engineer working with ACS Ltd, a sub-contract firm of Tech Mahindra, was found hanging on a teakwood tree in a forest near Wakad on Tuesday morning, less than a fortnight after Sandeep Shelke, an employee of city-based IT firm Persistent Systems had jumped off his office building on August 8. Unlike Shelke, Nayak left no suicide note.Nayak hailed from Vishnupura, Baileygram, Ninapuri in Orissa. He used to live at Chandan Nagar, said police authorities.Police officers said the reason behind the suicide was not yet known, as Nayak did not leave any suicide note. “The post mortem report says that Nayak died of strangulation. No other wounds were found on his body. Investigations are on to confirm the cause of his death,” said Police Sub Inspector Pratap Pawar of Hinjewadi police station.Pawar said that a herdsman saw Nayak’s body in Bapuji Buva Dongre forest and alerted the Hinjewadi police station. “We found Nayak hanging from a teakwood tree. He had hanged himself with a nylon rope and his socks and shoes were on the ground,” he said.“Nayak came to Pune two-and-a-half months ago. He was living with a friend at Chandan Nagar. He kept to himself,” he added. Nayak’s body was handed over to his family in the evening. The last rites were performed in Chinchwad.Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra said in a statement: “ On the sad and untimely demise of Saroj Kumar Nayak, we express our sorrow to the aggrieved family. Saroj was not a Tech Mahindra employee but a sub-contract employee working on a Tech M assignment. He was an employee of ACS Ltd. The unfortunate incident did not occur in Tech M premises. We have extended all required assistance to the police and are in touch with Saroj’s family for any support they may require.”Unlike Nayak, Shelke had left an explicit suicide note that left no one in doubt as to why he had ended his life.” I am unable to do my work well and very depressed because of it. That’s why taking this step,” Shelke had said in what he called “My death note.”According to Dr Bharat Sarode, consultant psychiatrist from Pimpri, a decision like suicide is taken out of insecurity. “The decision is not taken in a instant but a man makes up his mind over a period of time as his frustration level rises. He starts feeling that nobody is going to help him and the best way out is to end his life. Such people always give out verbal and non-verbal signals indicating their plight. If at that time they are given support and counseling even by a friend, such incidences may be averted.”“It is only rarely that we have to work non-stop for 14-15 hours when we have project submission deadlines to meet. Otherwise, we have a normal work schedule, pretty much like any other sector,” said a techie working with leading IT firm. -Expressindia</blockquote>

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