COIMBATORE: A 32-year-old woman, along with her five-year-old son, committed suicide by setting herself on fire at her residence at Vadavalli in the outskirts of the city on Friday. The deceased have been identified as J Nithya, 32, and her son J Sanjeev, 5, of Bharathiyar Nagar in Vadavalli. Though the cause of the suicide is not yet clear, police said that Nithya was short-tempered and used to quarrel with her husband over minor issues. On several occasions, Nithya walked out of the house with her son after quarreling with her husband and would return after a couple of hours.

Police said S Jaganath, 33, a native of Erumainaickenpatti in Namakkal district married Nithya, a native of Trichy district, six years ago and settled down in Vadavalli in Coimbatore. The couple had a five-year-old son, Sanjeev. Jaganath and his elder brother S Karthikeyan used to run a business and had an office at Vadavalli.

Police said on Friday Jaganath left for office as usual. In the afternoon when Sanjeev was playing with others his mother asked him to come home for lunch. As Sanjeev entered, Nithya locked doors and windows of the house and poured kerosene over her and Sanjeev and lit a fire.

When Jaganath came home for lunch he found the door locked from inside. With the help of neighbours, he broke open the door and found his wife and son charred to death.

Vadavalli police was immediately informed. The bodies have been sent to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for post-mortem.

Natarajan, father-in-law of Jaganath told police that his daughter was short-tempered. He does not suspect any foul play behind his daughter's death, said police. Perur all women police have registered a case under section 174 (unnatural death) CrPC. A probe is on.

Coimbatore: A 32-year-old woman committed suicide along with her five year-old son by immolation at her residence at Vadavalli on the outskirts of the city on Friday. The woman had often quarreled with her husband without any valid reason and took the extreme step.

The deceased were identified as J Nithya, 32 and her son J Sanjeev, (5), both hailing from Bharathiyar Nagar at Vadavalli. They were charred to death at the residence.

Police said, S Jaganath, 33, a native of Erumainaickenpatti in Namakkal district had settled in Vadavalli in Coimbatore. He had married Nithya, a native of Trichy district, six years ago and the couple had five-year-old son Sanjeev. Jaganath and his elder brother S Karthikeyan engaged with textile spare parts business in the city and Jaganath owned an office at Vadavalli.

Nithya used to fight with her husband Jaganath unwantedly. Some times she became angry over her husband and left the home along with her son Sanjeev. Later she returned to her house after her husband started to search her.

On Friday, Jaganath had gone for work and Sanjeev went for tuition. The minor boy came to house and went to play nearby area. Nithya went to the nearby area and asked her son to come to the house for having lunch.

She locked the door and window inside and poured kerosene over her and Sanjeev. Later she doused along with her son. Jaganath had returned to home for lunch and found the door was locked inside. With the help of the neighbours, he broke open the door and found his wife and son who were charred to death and found on the bed.

Immediately Vadavalli police was alerted and the police sent the dead bodies to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem.

Natarajan, father-in-law of Jaganath told the police that her daughter Nithya used to get angry without any valid reasons. He was not having any suspect over her daughter's death, said police.

Perur all women police registered a case under section 174 (unnatural death) CrPC and the detailed investigation is on.