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Mouli Mareedu ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: At least ten percent of those who attempt suicide by jumping in the Hussainsagar lake are couples aged between 55 and 80 years. A majority of these elderly couples reportedly take the extreme step after being neglected by their children who refuse to take care of them. Lake Inspector B Dhana Laxmi told Express that the pathetic situation is a number of elderly couple come to the Hussainsagar lake to take extreme step in attempting suicide. When we hear the stories of elderly couples who decide to kill themselves, we are shocked to know how they are treated by their own children. Most of these children are in fact settled and placed in good jobs,” Lake police inspector Dhana Laxmi told Express..