Kolkata Police averts suicide by promising distressed man biryani, employment
The man, who climbed a bridge in Kolkata, agreed to descend only after the police lured him with biryani and promised employment.
Police in Kolkata saved the life of a 40-year-old man who climbed on a bridge to commit suicide on January 23. The police promised the distressed man a packet of biryani and employment.
According to a police officer from Karaya station, the incident led to a 30-minute traffic disruption on one of the city’s busiest streets.
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The individual took this extreme step due to emotional distress stemming from his separation from his wife and financial difficulties resulting from business losses.
“Around 2:30 pm, he was taking his elder daughter to Science City on his two-wheeler. He suddenly stopped near the bridge and told her that his mobile phone had fallen somewhere on the road and he was trying to spot it. Leaving her standing on the road, he climbed up the bridge and then threatened to jump off,” the policeman said.
The police from the nearby station, along with personnel from the Kolkata Police Disaster Management Group (DMG) and the fire department, quickly arrived at the spot and started talking with him. After making offers of biryani and employment, the man agreed to descend, he added.
“We spoke to his daughter to understand the problem and accordingly planned the conversation to convince and bring him down. And finally, after we made the offers, he agreed to come down,” the policeman said.
Police fear that if the man had slipped from the bridge, he could have collided with the electric poles or fallen onto the railway tracks below. This could have resulted in severe injuries.
(With inputs from PTI)
