Couple try to end life together

VARANASI: A

couple

tried to commit suicide by cutting each other’s throat with sharp-edged

weapons

on the bank of Belan river in Halia police station area of

Mirzapur district

on Saturday. They were spotted by

local residents

and rushed to hospital in serious condition.

According to reports, a 25-year-old woman, who is mother of a kid, and a 35-year-old man, who is father of three children, of the same village developed extramarital relationship.

Local residents noticed them in a precarious condition with deep wounds on their necks on river bank in the morning. They informed their family members and rushed to the primary health centre.

According to

PHC

medical officer Dr Abhishek Jaiswal, the woman was referred to the district women hospital after first aide, while the family members of the man took him to some other hospital for treatment.