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Lady caller from Singapore helps avert mishap

By Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 2 - A lady caller from Singapore today reportedly helped prevent a suicide in the Azara area.

Police sources said ADG (CID) AK Jha received a call from an unknown woman based in Singapore that a boy from Azara locality has posted a message in social networking site Facebook hinting that he might commit suicide.

Immediately, the location of the boy was traced and police officials of the area alerted.

�Within 45 minutes of the call, the Officer-in-charge of Azara Police Station reached the residence of the boy and informed his family about the post,� sources said. The boy was also counselled by senior police officials.

It was later learnt that the boy is a psychiatric patient and was being treated at a private hospital.

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