
Woman attacks former partner with acid, attempts to end life in Coimbatore
The Hindu
‘The man and the woman are out of danger’
Coimbatore A 27-year-old woman from Kancheepuram district attempted to end her life after throwing acid on the face of a 30-year-old man from Kerala, her former live-in partner, on the premises of an apartment here on Friday.
According to the police, P. Jayanthi, a native of Thiruvalluvar Street at Meenambakkam in Kancheepuram, attacked R. Rakesh of Kodipuram in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala with acid and a knife, allegedly after the man told her that he was married.
The police said that Jayanthi and Rakesh worked together at a spa in Dubai and they were allegedly in a live-in relationship. The woman, who has a child, had separated from her husband. The man returned to Kerala in July this year to attend his sister’s marriage and the woman returned to Chennai. Rakesh got married three months ago, which he did not inform Jayanthi.