According to police, Sivaranjani, wife of Senthil alias Thiyagarajan (40), a DMK functionary, set herself on fire in the early morning hours.

“Hearing her loud screams, the family members rushed to the spot and rescued her by dousing the fire. Before her suicide act, she drowned her two children in the water tank located in the premises of her house,” police said.

The woman was taken to the Tirupur GH with severe burns and then shifted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.

The bodies of six-year-old Sri Harshan and eight-month-old Sri Harshitha have been sent for a post-mortem examination.

Police inquiries revealed that Sivaranjani and Senthil had a quarrel on Thursday night.

“The woman was also depressed as she was suffering from a kidney ailment over the last four years,” police said. Based on a complaint given by Sivaranjani’s father Chinnasamy, the Mangalam police have registered a case.

Further investigation in on.