A 20-year old married woman attempted suicide by jumping into the Upper lake after having a fight with her husband over a petty issue on Monday. According to the police on Monday the divers at Upper lake spotted a woman who jumped into the Upper lake near Raja Bhoj statue and rushed to her rescue
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was discharged later. Police were informed and during the investigation the victim was identified as Roopa Chavan (20) and was residing at Durga Nagar.
The Investigating Officer ASI Govind Rao Patil told that the victim along with her husband Jitendra Singh Chavan used to live in Pithampur where Jitendra used to work with a private company as labour. Around two months ago Jitendra met an accident and he was brought to Bhopal for treatment. Victim’s parents live in Durga Nagar where the victim was living for the past one and half month after Jitendra was discharged and resumed work.
On Sunday Jitendra came to Bhopal and requested the victim to stay for few days with his parents in Shajapur due to financial problems but the victim denied and started to fight. On Monday morning at around 11 am she jumped into the Upper lake and was rescued by the divers of BMC, he added. Victim’s husband work with a private company in Pithampur in Dhar district and victim had claimed that she wished to stay with her husband in Pithampura but her husband was not willing to take her to Pithampur.