2 cops prevent woman, minor child from jumping off Mandovi bridge

Two policemen from the Porvorim police station on Thursday prevented a 35-year-old woman and her minor child from jumping off the old Mandovi bridge.

According to reports, the PCR Panaji flashed a message at about 3.48 pm stating that a woman was planning to end her life and that of her 7-year-old daughter by jumping off the old Mandovi bridge.

A Robot XI police team comprising Marcus Gomes and Ganesh Parsekar were alerted and they rushed to the site and prevented the woman from jumping off the bridge along with her minor daughter.

Police said the woman along with her child were later handed over to her husband.