Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police rescued a 38-year-old man in Etawah district within nine minutes of receiving information about a suicidal social media post, officials said. According to the police headquarters, the incident took place on the night of May 21-22 when a resident of Jaswantnagar area of ​​Etawah posted an emotional message on Facebook after a long-running domestic dispute with his wife, indicating that he intended to end his life. At around 12.31am, Meta sent an automated suicide-risk alert via email to the social media center at the office of the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) in Lucknow. On the instructions of DGP Rajeev Krishna, officials traced the location of the person’s mobile phone. The details were then shared with Etawah Police. A police team from Jaswantnagar police station reached the man’s residence within nine minutes and found that he had already left the house. The team started searching for him and saw him walking towards a garden. After this the officials convinced him to return home. “During counselling, the man broke down and told the police team that long-running domestic disputes had put him in severe emotional distress and he had lost hope. He admitted that after uploading the post, he had left home with the intention of taking the extreme step to a nearby orchard area. The timely intervention of the police, initiated through the meta alert system and rapid coordination between the DGP headquarters and Etawah police helped save his life before any harm could be caused, ” said Rahul Srivastava, PRO of DGP and in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Police social media cell.