Date:23/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/23/stories/2008072361210300.htm

New Delhi

Woman attempts suicide

NEW DELHI: In an alleged suicide bid, a 23-year-old woman leapt off the tenth floor of a building at Preet Vihar in the Capital’s trans-Yamuna area on Tuesday. She has been admitted to a private hospital.

The incident took place around 1-15 p.m. when Shalini, a bank executive, jumped out of the tenth floor window of Roots Tower. She was rushed to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital from where she was later shifted to a private hospital. Her condition was stated to be serious.

Shalini’s father is a government employee and lives in Lodhi Estate.