Loan apps linked to 15,000 complaints, 7 suicides in three years in Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The death of BDS student Nithin Raj has shone the spotlight back on illegal loan apps, specifically how they extort victims using personal data accessed from their own devices.

Nithin, a first-year student of Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy, ended his life on April 10. A probe revealed he had borrowed money from a predatory loan app and, a day before his death, received threat calls from the app’s operators.