A 34-year-old woman attempted suicide on Wednesday by climbing an electric pole and grabbing onto a high-tension wire in Gorakhpur, India.
The incident arose from a dispute with her husband regarding her involvement in an extramarital relationship.
According to police, the woman, identified as Suman Devi, 34, and a mother of three, was engaged in an alleged extramarital affair.
Upon her husband, Ram Govinda, 35, discovering this, his wife didn’t deny, but to the husband’s consternation, she demanded that her lover live with them.
When Govind refused and left the house, Devi attempted suicide by climbing the electric pole and gripping the high-tension wire.
Prompt action by people at the scene alerted the authorities, leading the police to swiftly engage the local electricity department to disconnect power supply, ultimately saving the woman’s life.
A video of the incident is going viral on social media, showing her perched at an electric pole while locals plead with her to come down.