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Hoysala squad saves woman

Staff Reporter

She allegedly attempted suicide after quarrelling with landlord

BANGALORE: Timely action by the staff of the Hoysala patrol squad saved the life of a 23-year-old woman who attempted suicide by hanging herself at her house in Kamakshipalya police station limits on Thursday.

The police said that around 10.30 a.m. Rathnamma, a resident of Kebbahalli in Sunkadakatte, hanged herself from the ceiling of her rented house following a quarrel with the house owner.

Rathnamma's neighbours, who learnt that she attempted suicide, alerted the Kamakshipalya police. The staff of the Hoysala-14 squad rushed to the spot and took her to a nearby private hospital. After getting her first aid, they admitted her in the Victoria Hospital. Rathnamma has recovered and is out of danger, the police said.

Dies of burns

A 20-year-old woman died of burns after her clothes caught fire while she was cooking at her house in Kadugondanahalli police station limits on Wednesday night.

The police gave her name as Shyla, wife of Murali, a resident of Vinobhanagar. In another incident, a 19-year-old woman, who doused herself with kerosene and immolated herself at her house in K.R. Puram police station limits on March 26, died on Wednesday night.

The police gave her name as Prathiba, a resident of Thambuchettypalya.

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