Video: Indian woman threatens to jump off five-storey building for being fired
She finally came off the edge only after the company agreed to let her keep her job.
Dubai: A woman in India has made the headlines for threatening to jump off a five-storey building after she was fired. In Gurugram’s Cyber City in Haryana, India she created a Bollywood-film-style scene on top of her office building after hearing the news.
According to Indian news magazine India Today, she went to the office terrace, stood on the edge and threatened to jump off the building. She works at a private consultancy firm located in Gurugram Sector 18.
Her colleagues rushed up to persuade and console her to come down but she refused to come off the edge.
Indian newspaper, Times of India’s website stated that a video clip of the incident went viral and the Gurugram police confirmed that the clip was authentic and the incident was of May 24.
The report further states that Inspector Vivek Kundu, Station House Officer (SHO), Sector 18 police station, said that the video was recorded by people gathered near the building when the woman was threatening to kill herself.
He said: “On May 24, when she got to know that the company was not hiring her as a permanent employee, following the end of her probation period, she threatened to kill herself,.”
Upon receiving the information, the police team immediately reached the spot and helped the office management in convincing the woman to come down safely.
According to Indian news reports, it was only after her company administration promised not to fire her that she finally decided to come off the edge.
Indians took to Twitter to react to the incident.
Some said her behaviour should not be encouraged. @MeesamHyder tweeted: “She must not only be fired again but sent to a rehab. It’s like passive-bullying, when you don’t have any other reason- throw a tantrum.”
Like many others @subratsmsm felt she should face legal action. He tweeted: “Don’t you think she should be booked instead of being rewarded.”
A few others found the incident funny for it’s similarity to Bollywood dramas.