Student Attempt To Commit Suicide
A final year ITI student was taken into custody after he made an attempt to commit self immolation near the district collectorate, demanding the Centre & poss intervention to stop the ongoing war in Sri Lanka. Sathyamurthy came to the collectorate around noon on Feb -14th and started shouting slogans against Sri Lankan army and Tamil Nadu and Central governments, police sources said. Suddenly he took out a can containing petrol and tried to pour it on himself. However, the police personnel guarding the collectorate rushed to the spot and caught the youth, they said.
