Sexagenarian Woman Commits Suicide

News Desk

Faisalabad: A sexagenarian woman committed suicide by jumping into a canal in the limits of Batala Colony police station on Wednesday 

Rescue-1122 spokesman said that 60-year-old Shagufta Bibi of Partab Nagar Jhang Road became dejected after quarreling with her family members over a domestic dispute and jumped into Rakh Branch Canal near Gol Masjid Samundri Road. 

As a result, the woman drowned into canal water. A passerby witnessed the incident and he, with the help of a rickshaw driver, fished out the woman from the canal, but she died before getting any medical assistance. 

Rescue-1122 handed over the body to the area police who started the investigation, he added.