HYDERABAD: A 37-year-old software professional died after jumping from the sixth floor of an apartment in Hyderabad while carrying her six-month-old daughter on Friday evening. The infant survived after landing on the solar fence cables along the apartment boundary wall, police said.The woman, identified as Esha Sahu, died on the spot after the fall. Her baby was found hanging from the cables and was rescued by the watchman of a nearby apartment after he heard the child crying.The infant was later taken to a hospital. Police said on Saturday that the baby had recovered and was out of danger.Sahu, a native of Madhya Pradesh, was working in the software sector. Her husband, who is also from the same state, is employed in the same industry.Police said the woman had sent her husband to a shop shortly before taking the extreme step.“Before her husband returned, she jumped from the top of the apartment with her baby. The baby survived as she landed on the cables and was hanging,” a police official told PTI.The couple had been married for 13 years and had two daughters. Police said Sahu was allegedly suffering from depression since the birth of her younger daughter six months ago.A case has been registered and an investigation has been launched.
