IDUKKI: Police rescued a woman who tried to commit suicide at a bus waiting centre here in Kattappana. The said woman, a native of Chettukuzhy, tried to commit suicide at the bus waiting centre near St. John's Hospital on Monday evening.

A police team led by Kattappana Principal SI Lijo P Mani immediately rushed the woman to the hospital after she was found with a severed vein on her arm and bleeding. The woman who is undergoing treatment has managed to survive. It is reported that she attempted suicide due to a family problem.