A-24-year old married woman reportedly attempting to commit suicide and was rescued by the Haridwar police on Monday morning. She had jumped into the Ganga Canal, but was fished out alive by the divers from Haridwar Jal police.
The woman had gone missing from her home in Mainpuri Uttar Pradesh two months ago. A case of dowry death also had been filed by her parents against her husband and in-laws when she was not traced for two months, the police said.
Senior sub- inspector of city police station, G S Sharma said, “The woman has been identified as Kriti, resident of Kurawali police station of the district Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. She jumped into Ganga Canal at Birla Bridge to commit suicide, but was saved by the police divers. A large number of police is presently deployed there on account of Somvati Amavasya snan. She was admitted to the district hospital and she is now out of danger.”
Sharma said that the victim's husband, Ajay Chauhan is a truck driver and due to some family disturbances, she had gone missing from the residence of her in- laws about two months ago. A missing report was lodged by her husband in Mainpuri but the police could not trace her, he said. “We have informed Mainpuri police and her parents about the incident,” added Sharma.