Young woman dies after suicide bid; stalker held

A 21-year-old nurse died at a hospital here, more than a week after she allegedly attempted suicide upset over being stalked and assaulted by a youth, police said today.
Pusphpalatha, who was battling for life, died last night at the government medical college hospital here.
"Respiratory failure was one of the complications that occurred due to her hanging attempt. She was put on ventilator. However, it did not help and despite our best efforts she died last night," Dr P Vinoth Kumar, Assistant Resident Medical Officer, Government Medical College Hospital said.
Pusphpalatha, a resident of a village off Virudhachalam near here, attempted suicide by hanging herself in her house on August 31. She was rescued by her family and admitted to the government hospital here after initial treatment locally.

She had taken the extreme step after 22-year-old Dhanasekaran of the same locality had allegedly assaulted and shouted at her profanely as she had turned down his proposal to marry him.
The man, who had stalked her for months and allegedly pestered her to marry him, was arrested today under various IPC sections and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act and produced before a local court which remanded him to judicial custody, a police official said.
This is the latest in a series of incidents of fallout of one-sided love such as the brutal murder of IT professional Swathi in Chennai and an engineering student in Karur district in the state.