Woman threatens to jump from fifth floor with child, demands CM speak to her

Woman threatens to jump from fifth floor with child, demands CM speak to her

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Jul 7, 2026: Police rescued a 35-year-old woman who allegedly threatened to jump from the fifth floor of a building with her four-year-old child on July 5, officials said.

A passerby spotted the woman sitting with her child on the fifth floor of a building near Maruthi Dental College in BTM Layout 2nd Stage. She allegedly threatened to jump unless the chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu came to the spot and spoke to her. The passerby alerted police through 112.

Hoysala patrol personnel and the Hulimavu police inspector went to the spot, informed senior officers and launched a rescue operation. Police engaged the woman in conversation, tried to calm her and persuaded her to abandon the suicide attempt.

The woman and her child were later taken to the Hulimavu police station for enquiry and assistance. Following this, they were reunited with their family members, a police statement said.