Tirunelveli: The Four members of a family, including two children, attempted self-immolation in front of the collector’s office in Tirunelveli district, 600 km south of Chennai on Monday Morning..
The Four people were taken to a government hospital from where the mother and two children died in all three. Hospital sources confirmed the deaths in Tirunelveli, Husband, Ichchati Muthu are still struggling for life in government hospital.
The Muthu, Subbulakshi and their two children, five-year-old Madisaranya and one-and-a-half year old Akshay Bharani-were victims of burning more than 70%. According to a media report, Muthu, a laborer, and his family allegedly reported harsh action because they were troubled by a local money lender on debt repayments taken on a very high interest, His brother told reporters that the people of the lender were threatening Muthu and his family members along with him had come to the collector’s office to present a memorandum. The brother who had set on fire was also injured and taken to the hospital.
The District collector Sandeep Nanduri told reporters that “a fair and thorough investigation will be done.” He has given the information to the police superintendent, who has formed a team to investigate the matter.
The Ichchati Muthu has taken a loan of 1.40 Lakh and has already made the amount of Rs. 2 Lakh, but even then the lender was troubling it as a compound interest for the loan for more money.
The Collector Nanduri said that problem of prevailing money lenders in the district will be thoroughly examined. We will build a special cell and a team specifically to deal with this issue. We will prepare a helpline with the help of the revenue department,” said Nanduri, but he said that this issue should be read in depth and no one should be checked before commenting.