A 27-year-old woman tried to commit suicide and jumped in the Pichola Lake near Ghangaur Ghat today afternoon. Local people of the area saw her jumping into the lake and acting immediately, the people around rescued her and called the police. She was eventually shifted to the hospital.

The victim woman is a widow and is staying with her parents at Raoji ka Hatta area of the Old City. She is allegedly mentally upset since last 5 years, when she lost her husband in a mishap, said police.

According to police, today at around 3.30 pm she left her parents house and went to Ghangaur Ghat without informing anyone. After sitting there for a while, she suddenly jumped in the lake. With the efforts of the locals of the area, who saw her drowning in the lake, rescued her safely.

Soon after getting the information of the mishap, a team of cops rushed to the scene and shifted the victim to the hospital, added police sources.