India, March 4 -- A 36-year-old woman from the Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh refused to bury her cat and kept it close to her for three days hoping it would return to life before taking her own life, her family told said on Monday.

The woman had allegedly hung herself in Mohalla Kot Hasanpur on Saturday night. The woman was mentally unwell and had undergone treatment for her mental illness in Moradabad, news agency PTI cited police.

"My daughter simply loved Titu (cat). On Wednesday night at around 10 pm, Titu's tongue turned blackish and after about 45 minutes, it died," the report quoted the woman's mother.

She also clarified that her daughter had not given any hint of ending her life. The bereaved family have decided that they wi...