JAIPUR: Panic prevailed at a four-storey building situated near Bus Stand No. 7 of Pratap Nagar here when a 33-year-old unmarried girl went to the terrace and threatened to commit suicide early morning on Thursday. After a high-drama that lasted for almost 30 minutes, the girl was safely taken out and saved by a police and civil defence team.
It all started at 5.15 am when locals of the locality intimated the police control room that a woman had gone up to the terrace of the four-story building and was threatening to commit suicide by jumping down. Initially the locals engaged her in talks and almost after 25 minutes, she was surrounded by a team of civil defence and Pratap Nagar police. A large number of people gathered at the spot in the morning especially the morning walkers.
“Our team kept talking to her and assured that we will sit together to solve whatever problem she has in her personal life. But she kept threatening that she will jump down,” said a senior police officer of Pratap Nagar.
The civil defence team brought a huge net. “As per plan, we decided not to reach to the terrace where she was standing as our arrival might irk her and she may jump. Thus, our team reached two parallel buildings which were close to this building,” said Mahendra Sewda, a volunteer of civil defence, who was part of the team.
While the police team downstairs kept talking to her, a civil defence volunteer after reaching at nearby building jumped onto the terrace and grabbed the woman. “She was continuously weeping and was taken to hospital,” Sewda added.
According to police, the same woman had attempted suicide two months ago when she had jumped from the second floor and fractured her hand.
“The family including her father and elder sister are in tension. Our team will soon visit them to know the reason,” said a senior officer of Pratap Nagar police station.