PRAYAGRAJ: Boatmen and
swimmers saved the lives of a woman and her four
children who jumped into the
Yamuna from Naini bridge under
Kydganj police station on Tuesday.
Kydganj police said that around 4 pm on Tuesday, a woman identified as Rohini (40), along with her three daughters Rupali, Sherya, and Manali, and son Ansh (aged between eight and 20 years) jumped off the new Naini bridge after crossing the railing.
Seeing the woman and her children jumping, passersby raised an alarm. Thereafter, the boatmen and swimmers present on the banks of Yamuna also jumped into the river to
rescued all the five persons.
On being alerted, Kydganj police rushed to the spot and took the woman and her children to the hospital for treatment. Condition of one of them was stated to be serious.
Police said that a domestic dispute had led the woman into taking this extreme step. Investigations are on. TNN