An elderly woman and her 20-year-old son Tuesday allegedly attempted suicide by jumping into a canal over a domestic dispute in Lodhran district Punjab.

The locals and rescuers managed to save the woman, identified as Sharifon Mai while her son, Ayub, died.

The rescuers said that the mother tied her son’s foot with hers with a rope and jumped into the canal.

The woman was sent to a hospital while police took the body into custody and launched an investigation.