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Couple commit suicide
The Hindu
A couple, allegedly being tortured by their alcoholic son, committed suicide by immolating themselves in their house in the early hours of Tuesday.Police said ailing Selva Jayasingh, 68, of Zionpuram
A couple, allegedly being tortured by their alcoholic son, committed suicide by immolating themselves in their house in the early hours of Tuesday.
Police said ailing Selva Jayasingh, 68, of Zionpuram near Suchindram and his wife Thangam, 65, were living along with their unmarried younger son Yesu Jebin, 32, allegedly an alcoholic. As Yesu Jebin, under the influence of alcohol, would beat his parents everyday, the couple decided to commit suicide and conveyed their decision around 2.30 a.m. to their eldest son Sathish, who is living separately on the same street with his family.
After consoling his parents, Mr. Sathish asked them to go to sleep and assured them that he would visit them in the morning. However, Selva Jeyasingh and Thangam allegedly immolated themselves around 3 p.m.