Warangal man attempts self-immolation at police station

A daily wage labourer tried to commit suicide at the Mills Colony police station on Saturday by setting himself ablaze

Warangal Urban: In an alleged attempt to threaten his wife a daily wage  labourer tried to commit suicide at the Mills Colony police station  here on Saturday by setting himself ablaze.

According to Inspector Kiran Kumar, one M Harikrishna, a  resident of Abbanikunta in Karimabad area of Warangal city, had been asked to appear before the police as his wife Vanaja lodged a complaint with them alleging that he had been harassing her physically and mentally due to alcoholism.

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However, Harikrishna, after consuming alcohol, came to the PS and tried to kill himself. “Noticing this our staff have tried to rescue him by dousing the flames and also rushed him to the MGM hospital for treatment,” the Inspector added. Meanwhile, doctors said that the chances of his survival were bleak as he suffered about 60 per cent burn injuries. The couple has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.  Inspector Kiran Kumar said that they had registered a case against Harikrishna for attempting to commit suicide.

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