Overview

• The colleague, identified as Shankar, was described as a healthy, fit 40-year-old who did not smoke or drink and was married with a child.
• According to the post, he requested leave citing severe back pain at 8:37 am and was said to have died about ten minutes later, with one report listing the message time as 10:37 am.
• The boss, KV Iyyer, said he received a call around 11 am informing him of the death and that he then went to Shankar’s residence, where he found him deceased.
• Iyyer attributed the death to cardiac arrest in his account and noted that Shankar had worked on his team for six years.
• News coverage is based on the social media post, which also urged kindness and reflected on life’s unpredictability.