HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, an alcoholic attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze at Shameerpet on Monday after his father admonished him.
According to the police, Battula Gopinath, 21, a resident of Shameerpet, had been working as a hamali. Ever since the liquor shops reopened, he had been spending all his money on alcohol. After he came home drunk on Sunday, his father Sattaiah admonished him.
This led to a quarrel between the father and the son. In a fit of rage, Gopinath doused himself with kerosene and set himself ablaze. He was immediately rushed to a hospital. Doctors said he has sustained 70 per cent burns and his condition is critical.
In another incident, 43-year-old Kamalamma attempted suicide at Meerpet on Monday, after her alcoholic husband tried to set her ablaze. She jumped into a lake near her house. Police rescued her and counselled her.