Woman climbs overhead water tank, threatens suicide in Trichy; rescued and admitted to hospital
In Trichy a woman who climbed an overhead water tank and threatened suicide was rescued by firefighters and police and admitted to the government hospital; she has filed a complaint alleging extortion and a connection to her husband's death.
Trichy: A woman climbed onto a high-level municipal water tank and threatened to kill herself, prompting a rescue by firefighters and police. The woman, identified in the complaint as Regha (OCR: name has recognition uncertainty), is the wife of a former assistant police constable who had died earlier, police said.
According to the complaint, the woman alleged that a local rowdy named Raja had been extorting money and that after she asked for the return of funds, her husband was killed — the allegation has been made in her complaint and is under police scrutiny. Rescuers brought her down from the tank and she was admitted to the government hospital for treatment.
Courtesy: Hindu Tamil Thisai