World

Harassed lesbian couple ends life

by Sanjay Jha | May 19, 2008 at 12:05 am

226 views | 10 Recommendations | 1 comment

In a sad development one Lesbian couple was harrased badly and they were forced to commit suicides. The incident has sparked off a fresh debate about the status of such marriage in the tradtional Indian society.

Two married women, who allegedly shared a lesbian relationship, committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze after their families tried to separate them. The police recovered the charred bodies of the women, who died hugging each other, from the residence of one of the women at Sathangadu, near Thiruvotriyur, on Saturday.

The incident came to light on Saturday morning when the family members noticed thick smoke emanating from the house, where the women stayed the previous night. They peeped through the window and were shocked to see the bodies lying as if they had died hugging each other.

Police identified the women as Christy Jayanthi Malar (38) and Rukmani (40).