Woman, daughter commit suicide

Salem: A 40-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter committed suicide by hanging in Salem on Tuesday. Police have not found any suicide note and are yet to ascertain circumstances that drove the duo to take the extreme step.
The deceased were identified as B Sathya and her daughter B Vijayalakshmi.
Sathya was married to Boopathy from Kallakurichi and seperated from him five years ago.She later developed a relationship with M Rajkumar, 37, and moved to his house at Maniyanur near Nethimedu in Salem, along with her daughter, three years ago.
On Monday night, Sathya had dinner along with her daughter and Rajkumar’s mother. Rajkumar, a driver, had left for Karnataka three days ago. After dinner, they talked for some time and later Rajkumar’s mother went to her house.
When Rajkumar’s mother returned the next day and knocked on the front door, there was no response from inside. Subsequently, she alerted police. “When we broke open the front door, we found the mother and daughter hanging from the ceiling,” a police officer attached to the Annathanapatti police station said. tnn