TN woman immolates self after spouse abandons pet dog

Shanthi suffered 85 per cent burns and is battling for life at a local hospital here in Namakkal District, they said.

Deeply attached to her pet dog, she could not bear the trauma of being separated from it.“A dog lovingly reared by the woman was taken away and it was left in a desolate place by her husband,” Paramathivellur Police Inspector Kumar said.

He said she set herself ablaze as she could not bear the trauma of getting separated from her pet animal.

“The husband considered it as a nuisance when the dog gave birth to a puppy and he abandoned the mother and its new born in a desolate area,” he said.