Elderly woman sets herself ablaze in bathroom
An 83-year-old senior citizen committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her Gayatri Nagar residence in Subramanya Nagar locality, on Wednesday morning.
Seethalakshmi’s charred body was found in the bathroom. She was living alone after her husband passed away, nine years ago. The couple had no children.
Depression
A few years ago, she had moved into a house next to her sister’s house and was living happily seeing her sister’s children and grandchildren. But she looked depressed and had also expressed her unwillingness to live after her sister’s husband underwent a major surgery recently.
The incident came to light, when one of their family members went to give her a cup of coffee. They noticed thick smoke emanating from the house. Since the bathroom door was locked from inside, they broke open the door, only to see the charred body, the police said.
According to the police, Seethalakshmi had planned her end well and she didn’t want to trouble anyone. She had carried a plastic chair into the bathroom and took the
extreme step sitting on it.
