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.

After the death of a young employee at accountancy giant Ernst & Young (EY), which has placed the company under public scrutiny for its exploitative work culture, the firm’s Chairman Rajiv Memani has taken to social media to address the unfortunate incident.

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.

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.

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.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of “young people dying due to stress”, referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst and Young employee in Pune, allegedly because of