New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- A 20-year-old student in Uttar Pradesh was rescued from a suicide attempt after police swiftly responded to a Meta flash. The alert was triggered by her Instagram post showing pesticide tablets with a despairing caption, and within 16 minutes, officers intervened to save her life.

Since January 2023, 1,315 people have been saved in Uttar Pradesh - cops said the rescue was part of a bigger drive - based on alerts about suicide-related posts on Facebook and Instagram.

The incident came to light on August 31 when Meta sent an alert to the UP police's social media centre. The alert contained an Instagram post by a college student that showed a packet of pesticide, captioned with a suicidal message.

The alert was immed...