Woman food delivery agent saves woman attempting suicide near Vadodara railway station

Speaking to The Indian Express, Mishra, who has been working as a food delivery agent for Zomato, said that she “could not turn away” when she saw the woman in distress. “Being a woman, when I saw how anguished the lady was, I could not leave her like that. Moreover, I overheard her speaking over the phone to someone, probably her son, saying that he is not going to see her again… At the same time, she was mixing an insecticide in the water bottle she had in her hand. I knew I had to act but I could not muster the courage to approach her directly,” Mishra said.

Mishra said that she first ran to the traffic police on duty at the spot outside the railway station, who directed her to dial 100 and summon the She Team. “I did as instructed and all the time, I kept an eye on the woman from a distance… She was waiting for the chalk to mix with the water and weeping… Fortunately, the She Team from the Sayajigunj police station arrived within minutes and were able to thwart her suicide attempt,” Mishra said.

Mishra said that after realising that she had averted a suicide attempt, she thanked God for her intitution. “I am glad that I was able to take swift action and call in the police,” she said.

The police team took the woman to the Sayajigunj police station, where the process to note the case and counsel the woman was initiated. The police officer on duty at the station told The Indian Express, “The woman is about 35 years old and has been depressed due to her domestic quarrels with her son and family. She is separated from her husband. The police counsellors have been called in and the teams are speaking to her… Once we have calmed her down, we will allow her to go back to her family if she is willing to. Otherwise, we have given her the option to go to the Sakhi One-Stop Centre for women, where she will be counselled for the next few days.”