THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A woman staged a live suicide drama on Instagram following a fight with her partner. However, the police intervened in a timely manner to save the lady. The drama was staged by an Alappuzha native woman who lives on rent in Melarannoor in Karamana. Her partner is a native of Mambazhakkara in Neyyatinkara.

According to the police, the incident took place around 4 pm on Monday. The young woman's staged the suicide drama in a live session on Instagram. From the video, it looks as if she is bleeding from a cut on her veins and tied to a fan. Following this, the Instagram authorities handed over the video and the IP address of the woman to the cyber cell. The cyber cell, which quickly found the profile, forwarded the information to the Cherthala and Karamana police stations on the instructions of the Kochi City Police Commissioner. Police teams from both stations started an investigation. Then it was found that the woman's location was in Karamana.

Within minutes, the Karamana police reached the woman's house near the Melarannoor Durga temple. However, the police were shocked to see the woman unharmed. The young woman was in a live-in relationship with a young man from Neyyatinkara Mambazhkara, whom she had known for three years. The woman is married and the mother of a six-year-old boy. A divorce case of the woman is proceeding in court. Meanwhile, she started living with the man from Neyyattinkara. As per the police, the man's family did not accept this relationship.

Yesterday there was an argument between the two and the young man left. The woman admitted to the police that she staged the suicide drama with the aim of scaring his partner, who did not return even late into the evening.

The woman used tomato sauce to pretend she is bleeding. After the police's arrival, the woman's partner also arrived. The police said that there is no problem between the two. Then the woman was sent with a relative.