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Alert cops rescue woman jumping off 3rd floor in Punabi Bagh

Staff Reporter

A 43-year-old woman was saved by alert Police Control Room (PCR) staff after the former jumped off the third floor of a building following an argument with her husband in West Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area on Friday evening.

According to the police, the incident took place around 6 pm on Friday when the woman identified as Mahima Bhandari got into a heated argument with her husband  Deepak was at her residence over some issue.

Passerby, who overheard Mahima threatening to jump off the building, alerted a PCR, which was passing by the area.

The police officials took out some blanket and made a safe area for her landing. The woman landed unhurt.

“The woman has not filed any complaint hence no case has been registered. The couple had separated due to a domestic violence issue and Deepak was persuading her to return back. They have a 21-year old son,” said a police

official.

Sub-Inspector Sukhbir Singh, Constable Devi Sahay and Constable Ajay Singh were the police officials in the PCR who saved her. Singh sustained minor injuries in the incident.