Bank Employee In Lucknow Falls Off Chair In Office, Dies Of Work Pressure

A 45-year-old HDFC Bank employee, identified as Sadaf Fatima, died under mysterious circumstances while at work in Lucknow, according to police reports. Fatima, who held the position of Additional Deputy Vice-President at the bank’s Vibuti Khand branch in Gomti Nagar, reportedly collapsed from her chair and passed away instantly. Despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, she was declared dead upon arrival, and her body was sent for a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.

This tragic incident follows a similar case involving an Ernst & Young employee in Pune, sparking concerns about workplace pressure. Reports from Dainik Bhaskar and other sources suggest that Fatima’s colleagues claimed she was experiencing work pressure.

“Additional Deputy VP of HDFC Bank in Vibhutikhand, Sadaf Fatima (45), dies under suspicious circumstances while working. The panchnama (record of observation) of her body has been filled, and it has been sent for postmortem. The cause of death will be clear after the postmortem,” Vibhutikhand Assistant Commissioner of Police Radharaman Singh told news agency ANI.