TN-ACID ATTACK

A 29-year old man allegedly

threw acid on a young widow for refusing to marry him and

later committed suicide at a village near here, police said

Friday.

The woman, who had rejected the proposal since she wanted

to remained focussed on bringing up her two daughters, was

injured in the face, chest and stomach in the attack on

Tuesday night at Etttrakodu, they said.

Neighbours rushed to her rescue and got her admitted to

the government hospital here.

Even as a search was on for the man, a labourer, he

consumed poison and died at a hospital Friday, police said.

Incidentally, police had registered a case against the man

earlier on a harassment complaint by the woman. But, he had

continued to pester her.