{
  "id": 14949364,
  "title": "Pune Techie, 22, Found Dead After Alleged Threats In Fake Drug Case; Family Suspects Cyber Extortion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pune-techie-22-found-dead-after-alleged-threats-in-fake-drug-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T11:33:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-techie-22-found-dead-after-alleged-threats-in-fake-drug-case-family-suspects-cyber-extortion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 22-year-old IT professional, Shikhar Saxena, was found dead in Pune on October 1 after reportedly falling from a high-rise residential building. According to his family, Shikhar had been allegedly harassed with threats of a false drug-related case and extortion attempts. Shikhar, originally from Uttarakhand, had moved to Pune for work. Police are investigating allegations of cyber fraud and suspicious financial transactions that allegedly led to his death.",
  "summary": "A 22-year-old IT professional, who had joined Accenture just three months ago, was found dead in Pune on October 1 after allegedly falling from a high-rise residential building. His family suspects that cyber fraudsters had been harassing him and threatening to implicate him in a false drug-related case to extort money. The deceased, identified as Shikhar Saxena, was originally from Uttarakhand…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Pune: IT Employee Dies By Suicide; Father Alleges Harassment Over Fake Drug Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pune-it-employee-dies-by-suicide-father-alleges-harassment-over-fake",
        "published": "2026-10-16T11:36:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}