New Delhi: A Jharkhand woman attempted suicide last afternoon by consuming a pesticide near the Parliament House here as she could not get a job in a central government undertaking on compassionate grounds after her father’s death, said police.
Sukumari, 25, consumed pesticide around 2pm near a fountain at Vijay Chowk, adjacent to the Parliament House complex, police said. No suicide note was recovered.
She was rushed to hospital where her condition was stated to be out of danger, police said.
“She consumed pesticide as she could not get a job in Central Coalfields Ltd in Jharkhand after the premature death of her father who was employed in the company,” said a police officer.
“Her father died in 1989. She was supposed to get a job on compassionate ground. But, despite her repeated attempts, she failed to get one,” said the officer.
She came to the capital Wednesday and decided to commit suicide near Parliament House to highlight her misery.
Sukumari also tried to commit suicide in Jharkhand in 2011, police said.
Woman gangraped in Bengal, four arrested
Kolkata: A housewife was allegedly gangraped in West Bengal’s Howrah district. While the victim has been hospitalised, four people, including a minor, have been arrested, police said yesterday.
“The 30-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped Tuesday evening. We have arrested four people, including a minor, in connection with the incident,” said a police officer.
“Three accused were remanded in judicial custody by a court while the minor has been sent to a juvenile home,” said a public prosecutor.
According to police, the woman was returning after meeting her undertrial husband lodged in the Howrah District Correctional Home (jail).
The accused forcibly took the woman to a secluded place where they allegedly gangraped her.
Agencies
