Man jumps off Airoli bridge, rescued by cops, local citizens
	
		
				NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 6 -- A 30-year-old man attempted suicide by jumping off the Airoli bridge into the creek below late on Wednesday night. The man was rescued after an extensive overnight search operation by the Rabale Police and the Fire Brigade with the help of local citizens.
According to police, the Navi Mumbai police control room received a call around 12:30 am on Thursday, reporting that a man had jumped from the Mumbai-bound lane of the Airoli Bridge into the creek.
The police rushed to the bridge where they found the victim's wife, who had alerted the police, and her relatives. The woman told the police that on September 3, the police caught her husband at a lodge in Thane, and instead of returning home, he called her saying "I made a mistake", and then disconnected the call. Worried, she tracked his phone's location to the Airoli bridge.
The police and the fire brigade could not find the man in the darkness. When the search resumed early Thursday morning, the police spotted the man clinging to the railing in the middle of the creek beneath the bridge. He was brought to safety with the combined efforts of local residents and a rescue boat....
		
			
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