Biryani And A Job Offer Help Kolkata Police Persuade Suicidal Man To Climb Down Bridge

Kolkata: A man who was under emotional stress following his separation from his wife tried to die by suicide by climbing on a bridge. The police lured him with biryani and a job promise to come down.

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Kolkata Police found itself in an unusual situation when it had to lure a man, trying to die by suicide, with a biryani packet in order to convince him to come down from a bridge that he had climbed. According to a police officer from Karaya station cited by news agency PTI, the incident occurred on Monday afternoon, causing much disruption to traffic through one of the busiest streets of the city for nearly half an hour.

As per information, the man, later identified as a 40-year-old resident of the locality, wanted to die by suicide due to severe emotional stress following separation from his wife and simultaneous financial constraints due to losses in his business.

"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, as per PTI.

According to onlookers who witnessed the incident, a team from the local police station along with personnel of the Calcutta Police Disaster Management Group (DMG) and the fire department reached the spot and started talking with him, he added.

The policeman also 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," reported PTI.

Police feared that if the man had slipped from atop the bridge, he could have either hit the electric poles or would have fallen on the railway tracks beneath, causing grievous injuries to him. So, the police had to convince him to come down in an unconventional way.

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