Woman Jumps Off Recently Inaugurated Atal Setu; Leaves Suicide Note

A 43-year-old woman, a doctor by profession, reportedly jumped off the Atal Setu in Mumbai on March 18. Reportedly, her family found a suicide note at home, addressed to her father with whom she lived. However, the body is yet to be recovered, a police official told the media on March 20. Police said that she took a taxi from near her house on Dadasahed Phalke Road in Parel, Mumbai, and told the driver to drop her off at the recently inaugurated bridge. Though the driver was reluctant, the woman got off in the middle of the bridge and jumped into the water. The driver reported the incident to the Navi Mumbai police.

According to reports, police said that the woman was undergoing treatment for mental illness. On March 18, the woman reportedly told her father that she was headed to work. However, her father later recovered a suicide note in which she mentioned that she was going to Atal Setu to end her life. He reported the matter to Bhoiwada police station in Mumbai.

Woman Dies By Suicide In Mumbai

According to reports, the woman, a doctor, wrote a suicide note addressed to her father, saying she was going to Atal Setu to end her life. The 43-year-old took a cab and asked the driver to drop her off in the middle of the bridge. Though the driver was hesitant, she reportedly convinced him to stop the vehicle. She then walked out and jumped off the bridge, the driver reported to the police.

"After a short distance on the sea bridge, the woman started asking the driver to stop the taxi. The driver was reluctant but she insisted, so the driver stopped the vehicle. She got out and jumped off the bridge," said senior police inspector Rajendra Kote of the Nhava Sheva police station.

Police examined CCTV footage and found that the woman boarded a taxi around 1.30 p.m. on March 18 and left for the bridge to die by suicide. Coastal police, local villagers, and rescuers are on the lookout for her body. In the suicide note, she wrote that she had been suffering from severe depression for over eight years.