India, June 3 -- Dr. Florian Willet, a right-to-die campaigner who was held for using a "suicide pod" for the first time, has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland, as per the device's inventor, the UK Independent reported.

Dr. Florian Willet, 47, was arrested in 2024 on suspicion of "inciting and abetting suicide" and "strong suspicion of the commission of an intentional homicide" in relation to the demise of a 64-year-old woman.

In December, Willet was released from detention two months after authorities ruled out the possibility of a deliberate homicide.

Dr. Philip Nitschke, the head of Exit International and the man behind the Sarco pod, claimed that Dr. Willet suffered from severe psychological issues.

Dr. Nitschke informed the...