India, May 18 -- A 35-year-old on-duty traffic police constable died on Saturday while trying to save a 25-year-old woman who had jumped into Hindon canal near Vaishali allegedly after a domestic dispute with her in-laws, officers said.

The 25-year-old woman (name withheld) had jumped into the canal near Sector 2/5 culvert in Vaishali around 12.30pm, and was struggling to move out. On noticing her drowning, traffic police constable Ankit Tomar, along with his colleague sub-inspector Dharmendra Panwar, who were on duty there also plunged to rescue her, they added.

"Tomar moved the woman to safety, and she was pulled out by other police staff and locals. However, he himself drowned. The water in the canal was shallow. But it was probably ...