Alert railways cop spots woman intending to commit suicide, counsels her

An alert railway policewoman saved a life at Palghar railway station when he spotted a distressed woman moving on platform apparently to commit suicide. The incident happened on Tuesday night at Palghar railway station platform number 1.

"The woman was moving on the platform visible distressed. When a lady railway police constable approached her at around 11:30 pm, the 25-year-old woman said she planned to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train," an official said.

"The woman was counselled, her kin were called and the issue was resolved. The woman had quarrelled with her husband. It was the alertness of the woman constable that helped avert an untoward situation," he added.

(Inputs from PTI)