Police on Tuesday said they have launched an investigation into the suicide of a 38-year-old engineer who worked with Ola Electric and had alleged harassment by his superiors.

K Aravind, who had been working as a homologation engineer with the electric vehicle company in Koramangala since 2022, allegedly attempted suicide at his apartment in Chikkalasandra on September 28. He was rushed to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Following the incident, Aravind's brother, Ashwin Kannan, filed a complaint with the police, claiming that Subrat Kumar Dash, head of homologation engineering, Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal, and other company officials had subjected Aravind to "sustained workplace harassment" and withheld his salary and dues, causing him severe dist

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