New Delhi: With prompt action, Delhi police managed to save life of a 38-year-old woman who allegedly attempted suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar, officials said Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday. After a quarrel with her husband, the woman decided to kill herself. She locked her 16-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son inside a room before before taking the extreme step in an adjacent room, they said. According to the police, they rushed to the spot on receiving a call about an incident of hanging.