Even as a probe is on into the alleged suicide of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee which have left the entertainment world shaken, the number of suicides committed in Mumbai has been on a decline for the past three years, an RTI query has revealed.

In 2013, total 1,322 people committed suicide in Mumbai, while the number went down to 1,196 in 2014, and further slipped to 1,122 in 2015, as per a reply by Mumbai police to an RTI query filed by Pune-based activist Vihar Durve. Attributing this trend to the "fighting spirit" of the people in the city, Mumbai police spokesperson, DCP (Detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni said, "It's nice to see that Mumbaikars are showing their character as fighter, than being a quitter."