Man, wife fear Covid separation, end life in Chennai

CHENNAI: Fearing a possible separation due to Covid-19 infection, a childless elderly husband and wife ended their lives at Maduravoyal in the city on Friday by hanging from the ceiling of their single-room home. The couple Arjunan, 70, and Anjalai, 60, had made two nooses with the same saree to commit suicide. They have not left any suicide note.
Arjunan, who was sick for the past few days, had undergone an RTPCR test and was awaiting the result.
Arjunan, a resident of Vel Nagar in Maduravoyal, was a caretaker of a small temple in the locality. His wife was a homemaker.
Quoting neighbours, police said the couple was distressed over the possibility of being separated if Arjunan tested positive for the infection.
Man’s brother found couple hanging
Arjunan, a resident of Vel Nagar in Maduravoyal, was a caretaker of a small temple in the locality, and his wife Anjalai was a homemaker. After he fell sick, Arjunan’s younger brother, P Shanmugam, who lives in the same locality, used to bring food for the couple from his home.
On Friday, Shanmugam went to his brother’s house and knocked at the door. Since there was no response, he peeped through the window only to find both his brother and sister-in-law hanging from the ceiling. He broke open the door and went into the house. An ambulance crew that arrived on call declared them dead.
The Maduravoyal police have registered a case and sent the bodies for postmortem.