COIMBATORE: A woman consumed poison and died after her husband refused to take her to a movie. The 31-year-old woman had asked her husband to take her to watch a movie on Sunday. He refused saying he was tied up with other work. Upset, the woman consumed cow dung powder and committed suicide at her house at Avarampalayam.

In a similar incident, a 29-year-old man, working as a sales executive, asked his girlfriend to come for a movie. Frustrated by her refusal, he committed suicide, police said.

In the first case, 31-year-old P Sathyapriya of Sowdeswari Nagar near Avarampalayam consumed cow dung powder at her house after her husband Palanisamy, 38, refused to take her to watch a movie at a mall on Sunday. Her husband Palanisamy works in a mobile phone showroom.

Police said, Sathyapriya, a native of Rengasamudram near Pollachi, married Palanisamy, eight years ago and the couple has a six-year-old son. They stay in a rented house in Avarampalayam. She had pestered her husband to take her to cinema on Sunday. Her husband refused saying he had fever and had to finish other work and would take her next week. Upset at being turned down, she allegedly consumed cow dung powder. She was rushed to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared her brought dead.

Peelamedu police registered a case and further investigation is on.

In yet another incident, 29-year-old J Jaishankar, a native of Virudhachalam in Cuddalore district, committed suicide by hanging at his room BR Puram near Hope College on Sunday evening. Police said he worked as sales executive at a showroom at Gandhipuram. He had completed postgraduation. He was in love with 28-year-old Chinnamma of Valparai who worked at a textile shop at Gandhipuram.

On Sunday afternoon he consumed liquor and called up Chinnamma. He invited her to go to a movie with him. But she refused to go to the movie. He told her that if she would refuse to go with him, then he would commit suicide. When she didn't relent, he committed suicide by hanging using a wire. When Chinnamma reached his home, she found him dead. His body was taken to CMCH for postmortem.

The bodies were handed over to the relatives after postmortem on Monday.

