Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)

Beltangady, May 11: On account of liquor addiction of the husband which had ruined peace in the family in the past, and had given rise to frequent quarrels between the two, the wife who got frustrated, committed suicide on Friday May 10. Overwhelmed by this incident, the man too tried to end his own life.

Sumathi (40), wife of Varadaraj, an auto rickshaw driver from Edthoorpadavu in Iruvathur village, Bantwal taluk, hanged herself. It is said that she was fed up with the frequent fights with her husband on his drinking habit. Varadaraj thereafter consumed rat poison. He stands admitted into a private hospital at Mangaluru for treatment.

Varadaraj used to get heavily drunk often in the past. It is said that he had succeeded in keeping away from liquor since the last couple of years. On Friday afternoon, however, he came home drunk, which enraged his wife. The couple fought on this issue, at the end of which Sumathi went into the bathroom and ended her life. Varadaraj, who was dismayed by this sudden development, went to a nearby hillock and consumed rat poison. He was thereafter admitted into a hospital at Mangaluru.

The couple has a five-year-old girl child. A case about the incident was registered in Punjalkatte police station.