Maharashtra: Suicide bid by two teachers at state secretariat

Two teachers seeking funds for 'divyang' schools attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of Mantralaya, the state secretariat building in south Mumbai on Wednesday, police said.

They were saved as they fell in the safety net installed in the state secretariat, police said.

They had come to Mantralaya as members of a delegation of teachers demanding grants for the schools, an official said, adding both have been detained by police and are being interrogated.