India, May 18 -- Ola has acknowledged that an employee of the company died by suicide after the claim first emerged on a Reddit post two days ago.

A colleague of the employee claimed on Reddit that he died by suicide due to "extreme work pressure." In the widely-circulated post, the Reddit user claimed his co-worker at Ola was made to handle the work of three people despite being a fresher. An employee of Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola's AI division, Krutrim, he was unable to cope with the pressure and died by suicide.

Ola acknowledged the incident in a statement to HT.com and said the employee was on personal leave.

"We are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of one of our most talented young employees, *Anil, on the 8th of May. Our thoug...