Gandhi assured them that he will fight for this cause in his personal capacity as the Leader of the Opposition.

India is investigating the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY, the labour minister said on Thursday, after the death of a 26-year-old associate worker was blamed on stress by her mother who demanded accountability.

EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani expressed regret for not attending the 26-year-old employee's funeral, whose death is alleged to be the stress caused by work, reported the news agency PTI on Friday.

Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July and was overworked with a “backbreaking” load as a new employee, which affected her “physically, emotionally, and mentally”, her mother Anita Augustine wrote in a letter to EY’s India chairman which went viral on social media.

Here's everything you need to know about the 26-year-old chartered accountant, Anna Sebastian Perail's death due to work pressure in her office, EY India.

The family also indicated they do not plan to pursue legal action but expressed a desire to prevent others from facing similar pressures in corporate environments

Sibi Joseph, father of the late Anna Sebastian Perayil, has spoken about his daughter's death due to work-related stress at EY. He disclosed that Anna faced severe sleep and food deprivation. Her mother's letter to EY's chairman highlighted the excessive workload on newcomers,

Issuing a statement on the alleged death of a 26-year-old employee because of 'overwork', Ernst & Young (EY) India Chairman Rajiv Memani has said the fact that no one from the company attended the funeral is alien to their culture.