UP woman climbs electric pole after fight with husband over extramarital affair

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A 34-year-old woman tried to end her life by climbing an electric pole and gripping the high-tension wire in Gorakhpur allegedly after she argued with her husband over her extramarital affair...

However, people present there informed the police, which contacted the local electricity department to cut the power supply to save the woman's life...

A video of the incident also went viral on social media which showed the woman atop the electric pole and the locals requesting her to step down...

When Govind declined her proposal and left the house, the woman tried to die by suicide by climbing on an electric pole and gripping a high-tension wire...

Speaking about the incident, the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Pipraich Police Station said, "A police team reached the spot after receiving information about a woman who had climbed on an electric pole..