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Suicide attempt foiled by Police Control Room staff

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Prompt action by Police Control Room staff saved a woman -- who had hung herself from the ceiling of her Rajouri Garden house in West Delhi before the eyes of her three children -- from certain death on Thursday morning.

The police said they had received a call at 11-21 a.m. that a woman was attempting to set herself afire along with her children at J-3/108 Second Floor, Rajouri Garden. Subsequently, a PCR van that was stationed nearby rushed to the spot and reached the house within two minutes. However, as they found the main door bolted from inside, the staff quickly scaled the wall of the adjoining house and tried to enter the house from the other door. On finding this door too bolted from inside, the police personnel broke their way in.

By now, the police said, the woman, later identified as Preeti, wife of Tejpal Bhatia, had hung herself from the fan. Showing great presence of mind, the personnel immediately lifted her and released her from the knot. They then sprinkled some water on her face at which she came alive.

Incidentally, at the time of the incident, Preeti's three children, aged seven, four and one, were also in the house. The police said the 32-year-old woman had attempted suicide as she was very depressed over a marital dispute.

Commissioner of Delhi Police K.K. Paul has decided to monetarily reward the police personnel who acted quickly and showed presence of mind in saving the woman's life.

Meanwhile a 29-year-old employee of a multi-national company alleged committed suicide by hanging at his Lajpat Nagar house in South Delhi on Thursday morning.

The police said Subro Bhattacharya was found hanging by his father when he looked through his window this morning to see why he had not got ready for going to office.

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