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Their eight-year-old grandson sustained burn injuries.Police identified the deceased as S Thangamuthu and Valliyammal, 57. Tirupur: A 62-year-old man and his wife committed suicide by setting themselves on fire near Kangeyam in Tirupur district on Monday. The boy was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. The kid ran to them after seeing this and sustained injuries,” the officer said.Neighbours rushed the couple to the Kangeyam Government Hospital where they were declared brought dead. Thangamuthu, who worked as an assistant to a village administrative officer at Sivanmalai, retired two years ago.The couple’s son, Chandrasekar, died of kidney failure six months ago..