Apparently upset over the sexual assault on their teenaged daughter, a couple allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison-laced soft drinks in nearby Tirupur today, police said.
Rajaperumal and his wife Ambika of Puducherry were said to be upset over the sexual assault of their teenaged daughter two days ago by a youth, who was later arrested.
Taking the rape victim girl, the couple, after visiting Palani temple, came to Tirupur yesterday, police said.
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Rajaperumal purchased poison and mixed with soft drinks and given to wife and daughter and consumed himself.
The couple started vomiting after sometime and hearing the screams of the daughter, passersby requisitioned ambulance and taken them to Government hospital in Tirupur.
However the couple died in the night. Police handed over the daughter to a shelter home in Tirupur.
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