LUCKNOW, Sept. 30 -- A woman was found dead while her husband was admitted to a hospital in critical condition after a suspected suicide attempt at their rented accommodation in Chinhat late Monday night.

Police said a Dial-112 call around 2 am reported that a woman had hanged herself inside a room while her husband was lying unconscious on the floor, suspected to have consumed poison.

A team from Chinhat police station reached the spot and found the door open.

"The woman, already unresponsive, was brought down by neighbours before being shifted to hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. Her husband was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and is currently undergoing treatment," Chinhat SHO Dinesh Chandra Mi...