A 19 year old married woman who had sustained burns when she attempted a suicide, by setting herself ablaze at her house in Ullalnagar in Jananabharathi police limits on Monday, died at the Victoria Hospital on Wednesday.The woman,Jabeen Taj attempted for suicide after she had a fight with her husband, Basha the Police said.

Another woman, Lakshmamma (35) killed herself by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Kamakshipalya on wednesday after she fought with her husband, Kariappa, a labourer, the police said.

(Asian-age, August 20, 1999, page no.11)