Srinagar, May 7: Timely intervention by locals saved an elderly man trying to commit suicide in Sopore area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this afternoon, officials said.
They told that a 60-year-old man (name withheld), resident of Janwara Sopore, tried to end his life by jumping from Hatishah bridge into the the river. “On witnessing the act, the passersby intervened timely and evacuated the individual to a nearby hospital for immediate medical assessment.”
A police official told that the individual is currently at SDH Sopore. “He is completely doing fine and is responding well to treatment”, the official said. (GNS)
