Sopore cop rescues woman who tried to commit suicide

Sopore: A 40-year-old woman was saved by Jammu and Kashmir police cop at Chankhan Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Barmulla district on Friday after she tried to commit suicide by jumping into river Jhelum.

According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a Jammu and Kashmir Police man identified as Nazir Ahmad Bhat, who is posted at Police District Sopore told—KNO that he was driving a car and suddenly saw a women on top of bridge, trying to commit suicide. “I hurriedly stopped my car and grabbed her,” he said.

He further said that he asked her so many questions but she refused to answer any among them. “I am married and survived by three children and my husband is a shopkeeper,” the cop quoted her as saying, adding that she according to her was in depression and was the reason for her to commit suicide.

The cop further stated that he handed over her to Police Station Watergam where they contacted her family –(KNO)