Woman dies of self-immolation after lover's suicide
Gurugram (PTI): Distressed by the suicide of her lover, a 30-year-old woman died allegedly after setting herself on fire in her room here, police said on Tuesday.
The woman immolated herself late Sunday night. She was taken to the Civil Hospital in a critical condition and was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where she died during treatment late Tuesday evening, said Inspector Sunita, the SHO of Sector 37 police station.
Police said no suicide note was found from her room.
According to the police, Manju, who hailed from Bihar, worked at a private company and was living in rented accommodation in Sector 37 area.
Police said she was having an affair with a grocery shop operator, Babulal, who had shot himself dead using an illegal gun on Sunday evening.
After getting information about the death of her lover Babulal, who was married, Manju poured kerosene on her body and set herself on fire late Sunday night, they said.
The post-mortem will be conducted on Wednesday, the SHO said.
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Wayanad bypoll: Emotional scenes at polling booths for landslide survivors
Wayanad(Kerala) (PTI): Emotional scenes were witnessed at the polling stations set up for the survivors of the landslides, which hit the hill district in July this year, to cast their votes in the bypoll for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency when they saw their neighbours and close friends after a long time since the disaster.
The survivors hugged each other with joy and then broke into tears as they recalled how they all lived together as one big happy family before the landslides swept away everything on July 30.
One elderly man broke into tears as he narrated how the residents of Punchirimattam, Chooralmala and Mundakkai villages, which were completely destroyed in the landslides, celebrated every festival together irrespective of their religions.
His friend, whom he met on the bus that was arranged to ferry voters of the landslide-affected to polling stations, hugged and consoled him, saying "don't cry, everything will turn out to be fine".
Another woman said after the landslides, the survivors were relocated or rehabilitated to different parts of the district.
"So, when we see them after such a long gap, the first thing we ask is where you are living and not how you are doing," she told media.
A special free vehicle service has been provided for landslide survivors to reach the polling stations from the various places they are temporarily residing at.
Over 200 people were killed in the landslides that swept away the three villages and destroyed hundreds of homes.
