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PTI | Mumbai | Updated: 07-01-2019 16:15 IST | Created: 07-01-2019 16:15 IST
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A 30-year-old woman from Latur

district in Maharashtra live-streamed her suicide attempt on

social media following which the police rushed to her place

and rescued her, an official said Monday.

Vrushali Kamble, a social activist, allegedly tried to

end her life out of frustration on Sunday at her home on Ausa

Road in Latur city, located around 470 km from here, he said.

The woman was till sometime back a member of the

social organisation, Panther Sena. After she resigned from the

organisation recently, some people were allegedly troubling

her, because of which she was frustrated and thought of ending

her life, he said.

In the wee hours of Sunday, Kamble, using her

smartphone, logged onto the Facebook Live streaming feature,

that lets anyone broadcast a real-time video.

She announced on the platform that she was going to

end her life and then consumed a mosquito repellent, Latur's

Shivaji Nagar police station inspector Nanasaheb Kalal said.

Some people, who were online at that time and watching

the live streaming feature on the website, alerted police

officials, who also saw the woman's suicide bid, he said.

The police officials in-turn passed the information to

Latur's Shivaji Nagar police station, following which a team

of cops from there rushed to Kamble's residence, Kalal said.

She was taken to Latur's civil hospital where she was

undergoing treatment and her condition was reported to be out

of danger, he said.

The woman's official statement was yet to recorded, he

said, adding that a probe was underway to ascertain the exact

reason for her suicide bid.

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