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Suicide-revenge in a haste

To the police and media it is just a suicide case. For me it will be sleepless nights, at least for a couple of days. Yet another family suicide happened in Dubai while wife of the man who had initiated the suicide is undergoing treatment in a hospital only to be grilled later by the police. In the coming days, if she co-operates with the authorities and come back to senses, the reason behind this family suicide-murder will come out. I don’t know how the media in Kerala has reported this unfortunate incident. Rijesh and his wife Sreesha, both in their late 30′s, killed their six-year old daughter before their suicide bid. Rijesh hanged to death. But Sreesha’s attempt to kill self by slashing wrist veins failed. If the authorities take the case on humanitarian grounds, Sreesha will be spared from punishment. But the chances are slim as suicide is an offense according to the law in the UAE. If to believe unofficial reports from sources, Rijesh had found some financial fraud in