Chennai, October 14: An elderly couple from Tamil Nadu allegedly committed suicide by consuming insecticide after their daughter run away secretly in order to get married. The couple had taken this drastic step after they advised their daughter to discontinue the affair with the man she met in college, but later she eloped with him. Class 9 Student Commits Suicide in Delhi: Family Blames School Teachers, FIR Filed.

The 24-year-old daughter allegedly left home on Saturday after telling her parents she was going to start living with the inter-case man. Extremely stressed over the daughter's decision, her parents decided to end life after calling a woman relative. The woman rushed to the house with some relatives and found the elderly couple lying unconscious on the floor.

The couple was rushed to a government hospital but they died on the way to the hospital. The relatives tried to contact the girl but her phone was switched off, police said to PTI. In a similar incident, after the argument with husband, the women set her on fire along with four children after tying their hands and legs. For four kids only one survived and was in critical condition, owing to the several burns.

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