Debt-ridden TN woman attempts suicide

Chennai | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

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She gave poison-laced food to her two daughters. However, they were rescued by neighbours.The Anandhapuram police registered a case. VILLUPURAM: Caught in a debt trap, a 35-year-old woman attempted suicide after trying to murder her daughters at Melvengamur near Gingee in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening.Neighbours, who spotted the trio with foaming at mouth, rushed them to Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital where they were undergoing treatment, police said.Ramesh, 40, and his wife Vasanthi, 35, who are brick kiln workers, are living in their native village with their two daughters – Punitha, 13, and Monisha, 6.The couple, who could not get any job for the past few months, had been caught in a debt trap.Dejected over this, Vasanthi decided to end her life by consuming poison..