Divyang woman commits suicide in Mumbai high-rise: Police

Mumbai: A 40-year-old divyang woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a 16th-floor flat in the new Bandra government colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, police said.

According to police, Satish Pawar, husband of the deceased Sheetal Pawar, was present inside the flat when the incident occurred in the morning. No suicide note has been found, a Kherwadi police station official said.

He stated that Sheetal was unable to walk.

Sheetal lived in flat no 1605 in the new government colony in Bandra (East) with her husband Satish, a government employee at the Bombay High Court.

Police are investigating the incident from various angles, the official added.